Land - Coownership Flashcards
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s1(6) LPA 1925
Legal title is held as a joint tenancy, and the right of survivorship applies
s36(1) LPA 1925
Coownership of land gives rise to a statutory trust
s34(2) LPA 1925
- Legal coowners must be over 18
- Only 4 people may be legal owners
- Where there are more than 4, the first four adults take and the remaining only receive a beneficial share
Goodman v Gallant
Agreement between the parties, e.g. Form TR1, will be seen by the courts as conclusive
Fowler v Barron
The law presumes that beneficial ownership is held as a joint tenancy, provided the 4 unities are present
AG Securities v Vaughn
4 unities are:
- unity of possession
- unity of time
- unity of title
- unity of interest
City of London BS v Flegg
Where there is unity of possession only, this will give rise to a tenancy in common
Payne v Webb
‘in equal shares’ are construed as words of severance
Lewen v Dodd
‘equally’ is construed as words of severance
Peat v Chapman
‘to be divided between’ is construed as words of severance
Stack v Dowden
- Equity presumes a tenancy in common where purchase monies are provided in unequal shares
- The shares will be held in equal proportion, but this presumption is rebuttable
Re Fuller
Purchase of a property by a business is presumed to be as a tenancy in common
s36(2) LPA 1925
- Legal title may never be severed
2. Severance of equitable title may be by notice OR implied by conduct (as per Williams v Henman)
s196(3) and (4)
Notice to sever will only be valid of:
- in writing
- delivered correctly
- served on all JTs
Harris v Goddard
Severance in writing must be with immediate effect
Kinch v Bullard
Notice will be validly delivered if it is left at the JT’s last place of abode/business, even if he did not actually receive it
Re 88 Berkley Road
Notice sent recorded delivery will be validly delivered
- UNLESS it is returned by the postal service
Williams v Henman
Severance may be implied by conduct if:
- JT acts upon his own share inter vivos
- JTs mutually agree to sever/buy out
- All JTs act in a way that intimates that they treat their interests as separate/a TiC