Chapter 5 Self-test questions

Unregistered land
In the case of unregistered land, in a sale taking place in 2020, over which period must a vendor show the devolution of title?

Which of the following are land charges? Select all that apply.

A land charge should be registered against:

The current owner of an estate has created a number of land charges in relation to that land and the people with the benefit of those charges have all registered their interests on the Land Charges Register. Podrig is planning to buy the estate and has made a land charges search, which shows the entries that have been made. Will Podrig necessarily be bound by all the entries that he has found are registered?

Petunia has an enforceable contract to purchase the legal estate in Fourways, which is unregistered land but the purchase has never been completed by a conveyance being made of the legal estate. After the contract was made, Petunia discovered that the vendor, Vinny, had earlier contracted to sell the same estate to Maria but Maria has not registered her contract as an estate contract. Both Petunia and Maria have been wholly honest. Is the earlier contract with Maria binding on Petunia?

Ariel is considering buying the fee simple estate in 1 Wandle Way from Miranda, which is an unregistered property because Miranda bought it many years ago. . When Ariel viewed the property, Miranda explained that she was the sole owner of the property, but Ariel noticed some male clothing in the house and a man's razor in the bathroom. In fact, Miranda lives in the house with her husband although she is the sole legal owner of the estate. Ariel's conveyancer obtains a clean land charges search against Miranda's name, which shows no entries. After the property is conveyed to Ariel, he discovers that Miranda and her husband are in the middle of a difficult divorce and her husband is claiming a right to live in the house and that he also has an interest in the property because he paid half the purchase price when the house was conveyed to Miranda. Is Ariel safe because a land charge search was made that did not reveal these interests?

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