Land registration
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Horrill and others v Cooper
Purchaser of unregistered land aware of burdensome restrictive covenants – Purchaser’s application for official search made against correct name, but misdescribing property in certain respects – Purchaser receiving clear certificate…
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Bhullar and another v McArdle
Land exchange agreement between defendant and A and B – Registered titles remaining unchanged – A selling to claimants – Defendant lodging caution to protect his interest in land taken…
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PP 2002/3
Where a person (A) asserts an overriding interest against a purchaser (P) of registered land, and does so on the basis of his “actual occupation” at the material time, he…
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PP 2001/8
While it is common knowledge in coveyancing circles that a lease of 21 years or less cannot be registered or noted under the Land Registration Act 1925, it is sometimes…
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PP 2000/110
Disputes about the operation of the Land Registration Act 1925 continue to stray into uncharted areas. The puzzle posed in Habermann v Koehler [2000] EGCS 125 arose out of the…
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PP 2000/61
Rectification – Indemnity – Claimant at fault. It will be recalled that, under section 83 of the Land Registration Act 1925, a claim for compensation may be made against the…
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PP 2000/68
On the present state of the authorities, a claim to have a prior document rectified for reasons of mistake is one of the many interests that are capable of subsisting…
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PP 2000/7
The recording, as from 1 April 2000, of the price of transactions on the register could be a mixed blessing with regard to commercial property.