Land registration
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Dunton Bros Ltd v Carley and another
Registered title Appellant disputing inclusion of strip of land — Whether appellant’s complaint to be treated as application to rectify or boundary dispute under r 284 of Land Registration Rules…
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Loubatieres and another v Mornington Estates (UK) Ltd and others
Sale of property — Completion date passing — Owner contracting to sell to another — Defendant applying to register restriction or unilateral notice — Whether application having no reasonable basis…
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Newell v Tarrant and another
Land registration — Proprietary interest — Caution — Undertaking — Claimant alleging deeds to property held as security for loans owing by second defendant — Property sold to first defendant…
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PP 2003/49
Arcane law imposes liability for church repair. So, the House of Lords has ensured that chancel repairing liability still falls on “lay rectors”.
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PP 2003/57
Monday, 13 October is an important day for both squatters and landowners. This is when the Land Registration Act 2002 comes into force, introducing significant changes to the law of…
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Johnson v Shaw and others
Land Register — Rectification — Respondent registered as owner of land — Whether appellants entitled to rectification — Whether necessary to show actual occupation — Section 82(1)(a) and (3) of…
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PP 2003/43
Property lawyers needing something to read on holiday need not stop at the airport bookshop. The Land Registration Rules 2003, which set out the detail of the system to be…
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PP 2002/200
Storm clouds gather over the new right of inspection. Under the current (unreformed) land registration system, the public right to inspect registry entries does not extend to mortgages and leases.
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PP 2002/159
The buyer must still beware. So long as the law allows the creation of easements to be presumed from long use or implied from certain historical facts, no system of…
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UCB Group Ltd v Hedworth
Overriding interest — Bare trust — Rents — Appellant holding first charge over registered property — Respondent entering caution on title on basis of beneficial ownership under bare trust and…
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PP 2002/201
A hostile reception for standard-form registrable leases. The current (unreformed) land registration regime requires the registration of leases granted for a term of more than 21 years.
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PP 2002/199
Developing the Land Registration regulations. It is no secret that the full impact of the Land Registration Act 2002 will not be felt until the relevant regulations have been hammered…