Facts
- A husband and wife separated and the wife remained living in their house (owned as joint tenants) for 15 years, paying the mortgage and house’s outgoings
Issue
- Had the joint tenancy been severed, and if so, what proportion of the value was the wife buy xanax with credit card entitled to?
Decision
- Severance, wife entitled to 90%
Reasoning
- Separation constituted a course of dealings effecting severance under the Williams v Hensman (1861) Catalogue, interpreting s 36(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925