Hearings
18 Oct 1967 [1969] 1 Ch 486; [1968] 2 WLR 166; [1967] 3 All ER 853, Ch D
In re Draper’s Conveyance
Subject Matter
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Act of 1882, s 17 — Matrimonial home — Joint tenancy — Severance — Wife's application for determination of parties' interests — Order for sale and division of proceeds in equal shares — Death of husband before order executed — Whether joint tenancy severed during husband's lifetime — Law of Property Act, 1925, s 36
[1969] 1 Ch 486; [1968] 2 WLR 166
JOINT INTEREST — Severance — Husband and wife — Joint tenancy of matrimonial home — Wife's summons under Married Women's Property Act, 1882 — Application for order for sale and half proceeds — Whether operating as severance — Law of Property Act, 1925, s 36
Legislation Considered
Statutes
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: In re Draper’s Conveyance [1969] 1 Ch 486; [1968] 2 WLR 166; [1967] 3 All ER 853, Ch D
Bedson v Bedson [1965] 2 QB 666; [1965] 3 WLR 891; [1965] 3 All ER 307, CA [1965] 2 QB 666, 678
Hawkesley v May [1956] 1 QB 304; [1955] 3 WLR 569; [1955] 3 All ER 353 Dictum of Havers J applied
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: In re Draper’s Conveyance [1969] 1 Ch 486; [1968] 2 WLR 166; [1967] 3 All ER 853, Ch D
National Provincial Bank Ltd. v. Hastings Car Mart Ltd.* The main submissions of counsel are set out in the judgment.
Subsequent Consideration
Cases subsequently considering: In re Draper’s Conveyance [1969] 1 Ch 486; [1968] 2 WLR 166; [1967] 3 All ER 853, Ch D
Applied in Quigley v Masterson [2011] EWHC 2529 (Ch); [2012] 1 All ER 1224, Ch D
Distinguished in Harris v Goddard [1983] 1 WLR 1203; [1983] 3 All ER 242, CA
Considered in Burgess v Rawnsley [1975] Ch 429; [1975] 3 WLR 99; [1975] 3 All ER 142, CA
Not followed in Niellson-Jones v Fedden [1975] Ch 222; [1974] 3 WLR 583; [1974] 3 All ER 38, Ch D
Cases citing
Cases citing: In re Draper’s Conveyance [1969] 1 Ch 486; [1968] 2 WLR 166; [1967] 3 All ER 853, Ch D
Burgess v Rawnsley [1975] Ch 429; [1975] 3 WLR 99; [1975] 3 All ER 142, CA
Fantini v Scrutton & Ors [2020] EWHC 1552 (Ch), Ch D
Harris v Goddard [1983] 1 WLR 1203; [1983] 3 All ER 242, CA
In re Dennis (A Bankrupt) [1996] Ch 80; [1995] 3 WLR 367; [1995] 3 All ER 171; [1995] 2 FLR 387, CA
In re Palmer, decd (A Debtor) [1994] Ch 316; [1994] 3 WLR 420; [1994] 3 All ER 835, CA
Masterson v Quigley [2011] EWHC 2529 (Ch), Ch D
Niellson-Jones v Fedden [1975] Ch 222; [1974] 3 WLR 583; [1974] 3 All ER 38, Ch D
Quigley v Masterson [2011] EWHC 2529 (Ch); [2012] 1 All ER 1224, Ch D