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What is a certificate of title?

What is a certificate of title?

What is a certificate of title?A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When...

Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissions

Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissions

Easements—LPA 1925, s 62 and permissionsSection 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) (section 62) is, in essence, a word-saving device....

The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisions

The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisions

The Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition: 2018 revision)—a guide to the main provisionsThe Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS), currently in their...

Severance of a joint tenancy

Severance of a joint tenancy

Severance of a joint tenancySeverance is the process by which a joint tenancy is converted into a tenancy in common. It is a matter of evidence...

Q&As

A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the chargor?

A chargor (an individual) is granting a legal charge to a chargee (a company). Can an employee of the chargee witness the signature of the...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Title guarantee and covenants for title

Title guarantee and covenants for titleOn the disposition of a property (whether by way of conveyance, transfer or charge), the party making the...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Land charges—registration and purpose

Land charges—registration and purposeLand charges are registered to protect the interests, in unregistered land, of a person who does not hold the...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Overreaching—sales by trustees of land

Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Resulting trusts

Resulting trustsResulting trusts represent one of the three types of trust which do not require to be declared or evidenced in writing. The others are...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Legal mortgages and legal charges

Legal mortgages and legal chargesThe terms ‘mortgage’ and ‘charge’ are often used as though they are interchangeable. Strictly speaking, they are not....
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Indemnity covenants in property transfers

Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Occupiers and overriding interests

Occupiers and overriding interestsOverriding interests are interests which are binding on property even though they are not shown on the register....
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Concurrent and reversionary leases

Concurrent and reversionary leasesThere can be only one lease at a time giving a right to possession and occupation of property. Consequently, if a...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Implied easements—common law

Implied easements—common lawThere are three different ways by which an easement can be implied at common law:•necessity•intended use•the rule in...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Sub-sales and assignments

Sub-sales and assignmentsA sub-sale is where A contracts to sell a property to B but, before completing the purchase from A, B then contracts to sell...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Contracts for the sale of land—formation, signature and variation

Contracts for the sale of land—formation, signature and variationIntroductionA contract for the sale, or other disposition, of an interest in land is...
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1st Mar
Practice notes

Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges Department

Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentIntroductionThis Practice Note looks at the circumstances in which a bankruptcy search...
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1st Mar
Precedents

Guide to executing deeds and documents in property transactions

Guide to executing deeds and documents in property transactionsThis Precedent sets out precedent execution clauses for the types of entities most...
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2nd Mar
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Precedents

Supplemental agreement/deed of variation to vary a property sale contract

Supplemental agreement/deed of variation to vary a property sale contractThis [Agreement OR Deed] is made on [insert date]Parties1[Insert name of...
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2nd Mar
Practice notes

Assignments of leases—when to register at HM Land Registry

Assignments of leases—when to register at HM Land RegistryThis Note considers registration at HM Land Registry following the assignment of a lease....
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1st Mar

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Template replies to CPSE 1 (version 4.0)—General pre-contract enquiries for all commercial property

Template replies to CPSE 1 (version 4.0)—General pre-contract enquiries for all commercial property transactionsWARNINGThese template replies to enquiries are intended only as a framework and starting point to assist the Seller in building their replies to enquiries. They are not a recommended,

Property—enquiries before contract

Property—enquiries before contractEnquiries before contract play a part in various scenarios; for example, they are raised by a purchaser on the acquisition of freehold or leasehold land, by a tenant before the grant of a new lease, by a mortgagee before taking a charge over land or by a landlord

Land registration—overriding interests, occupiers and interests which have lost overriding status

Land registration—overriding interests, occupiers and interests which have lost overriding statusThis Practice Note looks at overriding interests under the Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA 2002). It contains detailed content on actual occupation as an overriding interest as well as linking to

Cautions against first registration

Cautions against first registrationA caution against first registration (referred to as a ‘caution’ throughout this Practice Note) is a means of protecting an interest in unregistered land. A caution does not in itself create an interest in land and has no effect on the validity or priority of any