Land registration
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PP 2002/185
Consultation overload. Even if you lack the time and resources to respond to all of the government consultation papers presently in circulation, it may pay to look at Time to…
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PP 2000/71
A history of sloppy conveyancing may prompt adjoining owners to get together and agree that such and such a line was the boundary that their predecessors had in mind.
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Prestige Properties Ltd v Chief Land Registrar*
Claimant’s solicitor applying for Land Registry search — Certificate giving erroneous information — Claimant reaching costly compromise with other party to transaction — Claimant seeking indemnity from registrar under section…
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Malory Enterprises Ltd v Cheshire Homes (UK) Ltd and another
Rectification — Beneficial ownership — Company fraudulently obtaining registration as owner of respondent’s land — Company selling land to appellant — Respondent granted rectification of register with retrospective effect to…
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PP 2002/161
Squatter’s intentions need not be hostile. The required mental element (animus possidendi) that goes into conduct amounting to adverse possession for the purpose of the Limitation Act 1980 has been…
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Thompson v Bryant Homes Northern Ltd
Appellant registering covenant as notice against respondent’s title — Respondent breaching covenant — Registrar granting consent for appellant’s registration of caution against dealings against respondent’s title — Whether registrar erring…
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PP 2002/151
Diving in, or being dragged in?. A relatively seamless transfer of responsibilities from property professionals to the solicitors appointed by the parties is one of the possible features of the…
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PP 2002/137
Receipt of rents and profits. Q Your summary of UCB Group Ltd v Hedworth [2002] 23 EG 122 (CS) came as something of a surprise.
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Habermann v Koehler and another
Appellants occupying property under oral agreement with option to purchase – Owner charging property and subsequently transferring it to respondent – Respondent seeking possession – Whether option to purchase overriding…
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PP 2002/83
Innocent buyer from fraudster registered as proprietor – Whether committing trespass against person previously shown as proprietor. Barely days before the new-broom Land Registration Act 2002 came onto the statute…
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PP 2002/79
Claimant in occupation – Fraudulent conveyance – Status of alleged interest. When the other side is banging on about their client’s rights, it can sometimes be useful to point out…
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Kingsalton Ltd and another v Thames Water Developments Ltd and others
Registered titles of adjoining owners based on plans at variance with pre-registration conveyance – Claimant obtaining rectification at first instance under section 82 of Land Registration Act 1925 – Order…