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Land registration and equitable liens (Re Sky Apartments)

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Published on: 08 April 2022
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Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: The court gave directions as to the distribution of the proceeds of sale following the disposal of a development by the administrators of a company. The court had to decide whether equitable liens arising from unregistered agreements for lease were binding upon a subsequent purchaser who knew of their existence. The court held that they were not. Written by Richard Moore, barrister at 23ES.

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