Severing a joint tenancy : a Queensland analysis

This article examines four recent decisions that consider mutual and unilateral severance of a joint tenancy in Queensland. The analysis teases out an understanding of what actions are relevant and what circumstances may need to exist to establish a course of dealing between co-tenants sufficient to intimate the mutual severance of a joint tenancy. The analysis also considers the impact of statutory provisions for unilateral severance on the nature of a joint tenancy.