Practitioners advising co-owners should note that even where property is held as tenants in common in equal shares, the presumption of resulting trust may apply to vary beneficial ownership in accordance with unequal contributions to purchase price and acquisition costs including stamp duty and legal fees, and that claims for credit for improvements and excess payments on equitable accounting must be weighed against occupation rent.
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