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Burgess v Rawnsley

[1975] Ch 429; [1975] 3 WLR 99; [1975] 3 All ER 142
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year1975
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A beneficial joint tenancy may be severed by a mutual agreement or by a course of dealing sufficient to intimate that the parties treated their interests as held in common, even absent a concluded enforceable contract.

Area of Law

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Buckinghamshire County Council v Moran [1990] Ch 623; [1989] EWCA Civ 11; [1989] 2 All ER 225 (CA)
Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold [1988] EWCA Civ 14; [1989] Ch 1; [1988] 2 All ER 147 (CA)
Lyus v Prowsa Developments Ltd [1982] 1 WLR 1044; [1982] 2 All ER 953

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