What Does It Mean, Following Jones V Kernott [2012] 1

question 5

Multiple Choice

What does it mean, following Jones v Kernott [2012] 1 AC 776, that the courts can now impute an intention a common intention to share the family home?

• A) The court consider all the evidence, and construct a common intention from evidence of the oral conversations and conduct of the parties.
• B) The court decides what the parties would have intended, if they had thought about it and awards a share of the home which is fair in all the circumstances.
• C) The court presumes that the beneficial interest will be held in equal shares, unless a contrary intention is demonstrated by the parties.
• D) The court looks to what the parties have orally agreed between themselves expressly and gives effect to that.

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