Registered Title

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Registered Title

This quiz is based on Chapter 5 of Land Law. Make sure that you take time to consider the significance of what is being asked. Remember, also, that it is not enough to know the correct answer; you need to be able to explain why it is the correct answer.

1. Which of the following will not be binding on a purchaser in good faith for money or money’s worth of a legal interest in unregistered land?

All pre-existing legal interests except for an unregistered puisne mortgage.

An unregistered puisne mortgage where the proceeds of sale were paid to a single vendor.

A land contract that has been protected as a C(iv) land charge.

An equitable easement created in 1926 and protected as a D(iii) land charge.

A beneficial interest of which the purchaser has notice where the proceeds of sale were paid to a single trustee.

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2. A purchaser in good faith of an equitable interest in unregistered land is bound by all pre-existing legal and equitable interests except for any beneficial interests: beneficial interests may be overreached by ensuring that the purchase moneys are paid to two or more trustees?

True

False

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3. Which three of the following cannot be registered as C class land charges?

Equitable easements.

Puisne mortgages.

General equitable charges.

Restrictive covenants.

Estate contracts.

Interests arising through estoppel.

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4. Why is the case of Wroth v Tyler [1974] Ch 30 unusual?

The court refused to order specific performance of the contract for sale because Mrs Tyler had registered a Class E land charge.

The court refused to order specific performance of the contract for sale because Mrs Tyler invoked the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.

The court refused to order specific performance of the contract for sale because Mrs Tyler had registered a Class F land charge.

The court ordered specific performance of the contract for sale even though Mrs Tyler had registered a Class E land charge.

The court ordered specific performance of the contract for sale because Mrs Tyler had registered a Class F land charge.

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5. Which of the following will result in the purchaser of a legal estate not being bound by a post-1925 restrictive covenant that has been registered as a Class D(ii) land charge?

The landowner’s name was spelt incorrectly in the application to register it. The purchaser was aware of the restrictive covenant, but failed to make any further enquiries when it was not revealed by a search against the correct spelling of the name.

The landowner’s name was spelt incorrectly in the application to register it, but the purchaser searched against a different incorrect spelling of it.

The landowner’s name was spelt correctly in the application to register it and the purchaser searched against the correct spelling.

The covenant is correctly registered against the name of a previous landowner, but the purchaser has not searched against this name because it is not referred to in the documents proving the present owner’s title to the land.

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6. The doctrine of notice has little, if any, part to play in unregistered land after the reforms of 1925?

True

False

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