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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...
2nd Mar
Practice notes
Title guarantee and covenants for titleOn the disposition of a property (whether by way of conveyance, transfer or charge), the party making the...
1st Mar
Practice notes
Land charges—registration and purposeLand charges are registered to protect the interests, in unregistered land, of a person who does not hold the...
1st Mar
Practice notes
Overreaching—sales by trustees of landBroadly, the doctrine of overreaching enables purchasers (which includes tenants and mortgagees) in good faith...
1st Mar
Practice notes
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...
2nd Mar
Practice notes
Legal mortgages and legal chargesThe terms ‘mortgage’ and ‘charge’ are often used as though they are interchangeable. Strictly speaking, they are not....
2nd Mar
Practice notes
Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
2nd Mar
Practice notes
Occupiers and overriding interestsOverriding interests are interests which are binding on property even though they are not shown on the register....
2nd Mar
Practice notes
Concurrent and reversionary leasesThere can be only one lease at a time giving a right to possession and occupation of property. Consequently, if a...
2nd Mar
Practice notes
Implied easements—common lawThere are three different ways by which an easement can be implied at common law:•necessity•intended use•the rule in...
1st Mar
Practice notes
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...
2nd Mar
Practice notes
Contracts for the sale of land—formation, signature and variationIntroductionA contract for the sale, or other disposition, of an interest in land is...
1st Mar
Practice notes
Carrying out bankruptcy searches at the Land Charges DepartmentIntroductionThis Practice Note looks at the circumstances in which a bankruptcy search...
1st Mar
Precedents
Guide to executing deeds and documents in property transactionsThis Precedent sets out precedent execution clauses for the types of entities most...
2nd Mar
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Precedents
Supplemental agreement/deed of variation to vary a property sale contractThis [Agreement OR Deed] is made on [insert date]Parties1[Insert name of...
2nd Mar
Practice notes
Assignments of leases—when to register at HM Land RegistryThis Note considers registration at HM Land Registry following the assignment of a lease....
1st Mar
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