Nielsen-Jones v Fedden

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1974
Date1974
CourtChancery Division
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  • Shanmugam Nagaiah and Another v Sivakolunthu Kumarasamy
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • October 29, 1985
    ...J was following the dictum of Havers J in Hawksley v May . However, the opposite view was held by Walton J in Nielson-Jones v Fedden [1974] 3 All ER 38.In Burgess v Rawnsley [1975] 3 All ER 142, 148 and 154, Lord Denning MR expressed the view that a declaration of intention to sever is enou......
  • Cooper (Bertram) as Executor in the Estate Lucille Adela Coleman) v Linford Coleman
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • June 15, 2007
    ...agreement." ( Partriche v Powlet (1740) 2 Atk. 54.) 24This principle was followed in Re Wilks, Child v Bulmer [1891] 3 Ch. D. 59 and Nielson- Jones v Fedden [1974] 3 All E.R. 38. In Re Wilks, a fund had been carried over in an administration action for the benefit of three infant plaintiff......
  • Mahfood v Carol Lawrence and Others
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • October 21, 2009
    ...character which effectively stops him from claiming any interest in the subject matter. This principle was followed in the case of Nielson-Jones v Fedden (1975 Ch 222, 1974 3 All ER, — 38 ). Walton J held that no conduct is sufficient to sever the joint tenancy unless it is irrevocable. He......
  • Harris and Another v Goddard and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • July 25, 1983
    ...sever the joint tenancy. I do not share the doubts about the correctness of this judgment on this point which Walton J. expressed in Nielson-Jones v. Fedden [1975] Ch. 222 at p.236 relying on In re Wilks [1891] 3 Ch. 59. The fact that the wife in re Draper's Conveyance could have withdrawn ......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Land Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2018, December 2018
    • December 1, 2018
    ...31 Citing, inter alia, Partejche v Powlet (1740) 4 West T Hard 788 at 789–790; In re Wilks (1891) 3 Ch 59 and Nielson-Jones v Fedden [1974] 3 WLR 583 at 596D. 32 Sivakolunthu Kumarasamy v Shanmugam Nagaiah [1987] SLR(R) 702 at [15]. 33 Burgess v Rawnsley [1975] Ch 429; [1975] 3 All ER 142 a......

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