Land Registry
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Is registration of a transfer that has not been properly witnessed a mistake?
Section 25(1) of the Land Registration Act 2002 provides that a registrable disposition…
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The last days of unregistered land
A generation of property professionals have never encountered unregistered land
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The re-registration of a mortgage that was discharged by mistake was an alteration to bring the register up to date
NRAM plc v Evans [2017] EWCA Civ 1013; [2017] PLSCS 154 concerned the discharge of a registered charge. The lender had sent the Land Registry an electronic discharge after being…
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Court rules on “interesting” case of accidental discharge on the Land Register
London’s Court of Appeal ruled today that lender Northern Rock can update the land registry to add a charge to a property that was accidentally removed as a result of…
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A notice protecting an agreement for lease ensured that the subsequent leases took priority over a legal charge that had been granted in the interim
The Land Registry advises prospective tenants to protect agreements for lease by registering an agreed or unilateral notice against the landlord’s title. The question that arose in A2 Dominion Homes…
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The court has upheld an application to re-register a mortgage that was discharged by mistake
Gifts cannot be revoked or set aside simply because donors wish they had not made them and would like to recover the property given
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Kuppusamy v Mathankanna and another
Property – Transfer – Forgery – Property registered in joint names being transferred in sole name of appellant – Respondent alleging signature forged – Deputy adjudicator restoring respondent’s name to…
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Kuppusamy v Mathankanna and another
Land registry, Rectification
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Parshall v Hackney
Land registry – Concurrent registration — Rectification – Land registry mistakenly registering land under two different titles – Appellant applying to rectify register – Respondent opposing rectification on ground of…
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Parshall v Hackney
Land registry Rectification
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Jayasinghe v Liyanage
Land Registry, Restriction
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Republic of Croatia v Republic of Serbia
Lease — Diplomatic premises — Rectification of register – Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia taking lease of flat in London – Registrar entering name of republic at Land Registry – Republic…