72 VR 1
Whitty v Talia

Published 15 May 2024

Whitty v Talia

Court of Appeal

McLeish, Kennedy and Walker JJA

19/10/2023

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Real property — Co-ownership — Joint tenancy — Severance — Property purchased by husband and wife — Registered as joint tenants — Purchase price funded by loan to husband by siblings — Deed granted power of sale to husband or executor upon default under loan or death — Deed subject to right of first refusal on part of wife — Husband died — Whether objective intention of husband and wife to destroy right of survivorship — Whether joint tenancy severed by course of conduct

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