Singapore Leading Case joint tenancyseverancesurvivorshipsettlement order

Sivakolunthu Kumarasamy v Shanmugam Nagaiah and another

[1987] SLR(R) 702

JurisdictionSingapore

CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore

Year1987

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

At common law in Singapore a unilateral declaration of intention to sever a joint tenancy, even when communicated to the other joint tenant, does not sever it; however, a court settlement order for sale and equal division operates to sever the joint tenancy.

Area of Law

Land & Property

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