What is a joint bank account for the purposes of real property?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Zeligs v. Janes, 2015 BCSC 7 (CanLII):

There are some particular features of a joint bank account that distinguish it from a joint tenancy in real property and these have been discussed by our Court of Appeal (Bergen v. Bergen, 2013 BCCA 492):

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