Chapter 2 Scenario questions

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. Emilia is an elderly woman thinking about what will happen to her property after passes away. She has no children, no siblings and other living relatives. She owns a substantial house in Taunton and does not have a valid will. Who will receive the property once Emilia passes away?

The local council correct incorrect

Emilia's next-door neighbour correct incorrect

Emilia's pet parrot Emilio correct incorrect

The Crown correct incorrect

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. Rudolph has no knowledge of the law, but has been advised that it is important to know what estate in land he has. All he can tell is that he has a piece of paper with the word "Deed" at the top and its states that the agreement is to come to an end after "345 years". What estate will Rudolph have in the land?

Fee Simple Absolute correct incorrect

Leasehold/Terms of Years Absolute correct incorrect

Fee Tail correct incorrect

Life Estate correct incorrect

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. Hue recently bought a house from Simon. However, at the time of the purchase, Hue had a strong suspicion that Simon was not the true owner of the land as he did not appear in any of the photos dotted around the house and the décor did not match his style. In fact, the house was owned by Simon's mother. Will Hue be treated as a bona fide purchaser for value?

No – Hue will have constructive knowledge of Simon's fraud correct incorrect

Yes – Hue was under no obligation to make any enquiries into Simon's rights to sell the property correct incorrect

No – Hue will have actual notice of Simon's fraud correct incorrect

Yes – because she paid market value for house correct incorrect

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. Emmanuel recently bought a field in Devon from Clarissa. Their estate agent, before the purchase went through, found out that Clarissa was merely a trustee of the land, and that the field belonged beneficially to Anja. The estate agent included this information in a set of documents sent to Emmanuel, but Emmanuel never read the relevant document. What form of notice will Emmanuel have of Anja's beneficial interest?

No form of notice as Emmanuel did not know of Anja's interest correct incorrect

Actual notice as Emmanuel's agent informed them of the beneficial interest correct incorrect

Imputed notice as Emmanuel's agent knew of the beneficial interest correct incorrect

Constructive notice as Anja's beneficial interest would have been identified had reason enquiries been conducted correct incorrect

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. Vladimir wishes to buy a house in Huddersfield, and wishes to protect his new purchase by ensuring that all beneficial interests are not binding upon him. How many trustees of land must Vladimir therefore pay the purchase moneys to in order to effect overreaching?

1 correct incorrect

2 correct incorrect

4 correct incorrect

5 correct incorrect