Two documents may be read together to satisfy the writing requirement under s 11 of the Property Law Act 1974 (Qld) only where the signed document contains an express or implied reference to the transaction evidenced by the unsigned document. The principle that equity will not allow the statute to be used as an instrument of fraud does not extend to a mere failure to perfect an agreed assignment. One joint tenant has no authority, by virtue of the joint tenancy, to bind the other joint tenant's interest in land.
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