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THE NEW LAW OF LAND REGISTRATION

This book is an examination of the law of land registration in England and Wales, in the light of the Land Registration Act 2002, and in particular the way land registration is influenced by, and in turn influences, the evolution of land law as a whole. It examines the legal problems that have arisen in connection with land registration and considers the effect of the 2002 statute, drawing extensively upon the law in other jurisdictions and considering possibilities for future development.

This is a book which will be essential reading for students, their teachers, and practitioners who will have to grapple with the intricacies of the new Act when it comes into force.

The New Law of

Land Registration

Elizabeth Cooke

Professor of Law,

The University of Reading

OXFORD AND PORTLAND, OREGON 2003

Hart Publishing

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Preface

The Land Registration Act 2002 is both a continuation of and an exciting new beginning for title registration in England and Wales. This book is intended, not as a commentary on the new Act, and certainly not as a practitioner’s guide to its operation, but as an academic companion to it. It is quite selective in its scope, and there are a number of important aspects of the new statute that it does not address; I have endeavoured to concentrate on the nature of land ownership and the protection of the purchaser. I have tried to place the English legislation in its international context, and to highlight some issues that arise when it is considered in that context.

I hope that what I have written will be of use to quite a wide readership; advanced readers are asked to forgive some of the explanations of general land law concepts. Reference has been made to standard land law works where necessary.

Inevitably in writing about a recently enacted statute I have had to comment on the work of the individuals responsible for it, some of whom I have met, all of whom I admire very much. I hope that they will be forgive me for disagreeing with them in some respects.

I have had a great deal of help in writing this book. The most conspicuous thanks should go to Pamela O’Connor, of Monash University. Many yards of email have passed between the two of us over the last year or so, and she has taught me a great deal; if the book has succeeded in having a Torrensy flavour, it is thanks to her help. It will be seen from the notes that I have benefited greatly from what I have learnt at two conferences in particular; one at Reading in 2002, and the conference in Auckland in March 2003, ‘Taking Torrens into the 21st century’, organised by David Grinlinton. Chapter 9, which discusses European registration systems, is actually co-authored. Magdalena Habdas of the Silesian University of Technology, Matti Niemi of the Lappeenranta University of Technology and Lars van Vliet of the University of Maastricht, have written about registration in their own systems for me, and the sections on Scots and German law have been read and improved respectively by Jan-Bertram Hillig and by Stewart Brymer. Michael Croker, District Land Registrar at Stevenage, answered my queries and provided the sample land registers found in this book. Richard Hart has been a source of encouragement and constructive comment throughout the writing process. My colleagues in the School of Law at the University of Reading have been unfailingly patient and helpful to me in my ramblings.

It would have been impossible to write this book in time for publication in October 2003 without research leave funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board; it is a pleasure to be able to thank them for a second time for enabling me to bring a book to completion.

vi Preface

My husband, John, has read the book in draft, made numerous corrections of style, typography and content and excised the worst jokes; I thank him for his patience with two rather intense book completions in the last year, and I thank him, and Gillian and Dominic, for filling my life with joy.

Lizzie Cooke

University of Reading, May 2003

Table of Contents

Table of Cases

xi

Table of Statutory Instruments

xv

Table of Statutes

xvii

Abbreviations

xxvii

1. Modern Land Registration

1

 

Land Registration: The Options

2

 

Land Registration: The Ethical Dimension

12

2. The Road to Title Registration in England and Wales

15

 

Early Registration Systems

16

 

Deeds Registration: A System for the Consumer

18

 

The Nineteenth Century and the Law of Property Act 1925

20

 

The Land Charges Act 1925: Interest Recording

25

 

The Land Registration Act 1925: Title Registration

27

3.

The Registrable Estates

33

 

The 1925 Hierarchy of Property Rights in Land

33

 

The Registration Hierarchy

35

 

The Scope of Title Registration

36

 

The Registration of Registrable Estates

39

 

The Classes of Title

41

 

The Individual Register

43

 

The Register of Cautions

44

 

Example 1

46

 

Example 2

47

 

Filed plan for Examples 1 and 2

51

4.

The Effect of Registration I: Vesting, Powers and Dispositions

53

 

The Vesting Effect

53

 

The Powers of the Registered Proprietor: (a) Legal Abilities

55

 

The Powers of the Registered Proprietor: (b) Authority in Equity

58

 

Registrable Dispositions

60

 

Restrictions

63

 

Postlude: The Powers of the Registered Proprietor and the

 

 

Purchaser’s Protection under the Land Registration Act 1925

65

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5.

The Effect of Registration II: Burdens on the Registered Estate

69

 

The Mirror of Title: What the Purchaser Sees

69

 

Rights Excepted from the Effects of Registration

71

 

Interests Seen on the Charges Register

72

 

Recorded Interests

72

 

Overriding Interests: Schedule 3

76

 

What the Purchaser Sees: Summary

83

 

The Mirror of Title: What the Proprietor Sees

86

 

What the Registered Proprietor Sees: Summary

90

 

The Mirror of Title: What the Volunteer Sees

90

 

Priorities of Interests inter se

91

 

Overriding and Overreaching

92

6.

Indefeasibility—the English Version

99

 

Indefeasibility: The Issues

101

 

The English Version of Indefeasibility

105

 

Indefeasibility under the 1925 Act: The Statutory Route

105

 

Evaluation of the Statutory Route

115

 

Indefeasibility by the Other Route: The Trust Analysis

116

 

Rectification under the Land Registration Act 1925: Summary

121

 

The Land Registration Act 2002

122

 

Rectification/Alteration under the Land Registration Act 2002:

 

 

Summary

128

 

Further Provisions

129

7.

Adverse Possession

133

 

Adverse Possession in Unregistered Land

133

 

Adverse Possession in Registered Land

135

 

The 1925 Solution

136

 

The Land Registration Act 2002

138

 

Substantive Changes in the 2002 Act

140

 

Formal Changes in the 2002 Act

145

 

Special Cases in the 2002 Act

146

 

Transitions and the Interface with Unregistered Land

149

 

Conclusion

154

8. After 2002: The Road Ahead

155

 

The Disappearance of Unregistered Conveyancing

155

 

Electronic Conveyancing

157

 

The Disappearance of the Feudal System

165

9. After 2002: The Road to Europe?

167

 

Ireland and Northern Ireland

168

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ix

Scotland

170

Continental Europe

173

Germany

174

Poland

178

Finland

183

The Netherlands

187

Conclusions

193

The Land Registration Act 2002

195

Index

281

Table of Cases

 

 

139 Deptford High Street, Re [1951] Ch 884 .......................................

 

107, 112, 117

Abbey National BS v Cann [1991] 1 AC 56..........................................................

 

160

Actionstrength Ltd v International Glass Engineering IN.GLEN.SpA [2003]

UKHL 17; [2003] All ER (D) 69........................................................................

 

163

Agra Bank Ltd v Barry (1859) 9 Ir Ch R 512; (1874) LR 7 HL 135 .....................

168

Ahmed v Kendrick and Ahmed [1988] 2 FLR 22.................................................

 

113

Argyle Building Society v Hammond (1984) 49 P & CR 148..............................

114

Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold [1989] Ch 1 22 .............................................................

 

85

Asher v Whitlock (1865) 1 LR QB 1 .....................................................................

 

133

Aston Cantlow PCC v Wallbank [2002] Ch 51......................................................

 

77

Bahr v Nicolay (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 604 ...................................................

 

85, 103

Baker v Baker [1993] 2 FLR 247............................................................................

 

142

Barclays Bank Plc v O’Brien [1994] 1 AC 180........................................

 

96, 103, 114

Berkeley Leisure Group Ltd v Williamson [1996] EGCS 18 ...............................

121

Birmingham Midshires Mortgage Services Ltd v Sabherwal [2000]

 

Conveyancer 267...................................................................................................

 

67

Blacklocks v JB Developments (Godalming) Ltd [1982] Ch 183........

118, 120, 127

Blades v Blades (1727) 1 Eq Cas Abr 358................................................................

 

20

Bogdanovich v Koteff (1988) 12 NSWLR 472........................................................

 

90

Boyle’s Claim, Re [1961] 1 WLR 339....................................................................

 

117

BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1987) 55 P & CR 337 .............................................

 

141

Breskvar v Wall (1971) 126 CLR 376 ........................................

1, 102, 118, 129, 140

Bridges v Mees [1957] 2 All ER 577 ........................................................

 

79, 136, 143

Buckinghamshire County Council v Moran [1990] Ch 623 ...............................

134

Bull v Bull [1955] 1 QB 234, CA .......................................................................

 

24, 93

Celsteel Ltd v Alton House Holdings Ltd [1985] 1 WLR 204 .........................

35, 82

Central London Commercial Estates Ltd v Kato Kagaku Ltd (Axa Equity and

Law Life Assurance Society plc, Third Party) [1998] 4 All ER 948 .........

136, 137

Chambers v Donaldson (81809) 11 East 65 .........................................................

 

133

Chancery Plc v Ketteringham [1994] Ch 370.........................................................

 

74

Chowood’s Registered Land, Re [1933] Ch 574...................................

 

107, 119, 123

City of London BS v Flegg [1988] AC 73............................

24, 67, 68, 80, 93, 96, 97

City Permanent BS v Miller [1952] Ch 840............................................................

 

77

Clark v Chief Land Registrar [1994] Ch 370 ..........................................................

 

74

Clarke v Palmer (1882) 21 Ch D 124 ......................................................................

 

19

Crabb v Arun DC [1976] Ch 179 ....................................................................

 

75, 142

Craddock Brothers v Hunt [1923] 2 Ch 136 ........................................................

 

118

Cullen v Cullen [1962] IR 268 ..............................................................................

 

143

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Doe d Jukes v Sumner (1845) 14 M&W 39 ..........................................................

 

 

137

Elitestone v Morris (1995) FSR 497 ......................................................................

 

 

142

Epps v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1973]

 

 

 

1 WLR 1071 ........................................................

116, 119, 120, 123, 126, 127, 128

Fairweather v St Marylebone Property Co Ltd [1963] AC 510

...........................

134

Ferrishurst Ltd v Wallcite Ltd [1999] Ch 355 ........................................................

 

 

81

Foster v Warblington Urban Council [1906] 1 KB 648.......................................

 

133

Frazer v Walker [1967] 1 AC 569..........................................................

 

102, 165, 172

Freer v Unwins [1976] 1 Ch 288 ...................................................

 

107, 113, 125, 130

Gissing v Gissing [1970] AC 886.............................................................................

 

 

94

Godden v Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association 15 Jan 1997,

 

 

CA (unreported) ................................................................................................

 

 

163

Goodger v Willis [1999] EGCS 32 ........................................................................

 

 

119

Hounslow LBC v Hare (1990) 24 HLR 9........................................................

 

 

57, 119

IDC Group v Clark [1992] EGLR 187 ....................................................................

 

 

85

JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham [2002] UKHL 30 ........................

 

134, 135, 141, 144

Jarman v Hale [1898] 1 QB 994 ............................................................................

 

 

138

Jon Richardson Computers Ltd v Flanders [1993] FSR 497 ...............................

 

142

King v Smail [1958] VR 273 ....................................................................................

 

 

90

King v Smith [1950] 1 All ER 553 .........................................................................

 

 

138

Kingsalton Ltd v Thames Water Developments Ltd [2001]

 

 

EWCA Civ 20 .............................................................................................

 

112, 119

Kingsnorth Finance Ltd v Tizard [1986] 1 WLR 783 ............................................

 

81

Kok Hoong v Leong Cheong Kweng Mines Ltd [1964] AC 993, ..................PC

163

Le Neve v Le Neve (1747) Amb 436........................................................................

 

 

20

Leach v Jay (1878) 9 Ch D 42 ................................................................................

 

 

133

Leigh v Jack (1879) 5 Ex D 264 .............................................................................

 

 

134

Lester v Burgess (1973) 26 P & CR 536 ................................................................

 

 

107

Leuty v Hillas (1858) 2 De G & J 110....................................................................

 

 

118

Littledale v Liverpool College [1900] 1 ChD 268.................................................

 

 

134

Lloyd’s Bank v Rosset [1989] Ch 350....................................................................

 

 

160

Lyus v Prowsa Developments Ltd [1982] 1 WLR 1044 .................................

 

85, 118

Malory Enterprises Ltd v Cheshire Homes (UK) Ltd [2002] EWCA

 

Civ 151; [2002] Ch 216..............................................

112, 116, 120, 121, 127, 128

Midland Bank Trust Co Ltd v Green [1981] AC 513...........................

26, 70, 84, 85

Morelle Ltd v Wakeling [1955] 2 WLR 672............................................................

 

 

54

Mount Carmel Investments Ltd v Peter Thurlow Ltd [1988] 1 .......WLR 1078

148

Nicholls v Ely Sugar Beet Factory [1931] 2 Ch 84................................................

 

 

133

Norwich & Peterborough Building Society v Steed [1993]

 

 

Ch 116.........................................................................................

 

107, 113, 115, 128

Odell, Re [1906] 2 Ch 47 .........................................................................

 

94, 106, 128

Peffer v Rigg [1971] 1 WLR 285..................................................................

 

59, 83, 84

Perrot v Cohen [1951] 1 KB 705...........................................................................

 

 

138

Perry v Clissold [1907] AC 73 ...............................................................................

 

 

133

Pettitt v Pettitt [1970] AC 777.................................................................................

 

 

91

 

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xiii

Powell v MacFarlane (1977) 38 P & CR 452 ........................................................

 

 

134

Pritchard v Briggs [1980] Ch 338............................................................................

 

 

75

Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v London Residuary Body [1992]

 

 

2 AC 386, HL........................................................................................................

 

 

56

Pyramid Building Society v Scorpion Hotels [1988] VR 188 ..............................

 

103

Saunders v Anglia Building Society [1971] AC 1004 ...........................................

 

 

107

Saunders v Vautier (1841) Beav 115 .....................................................

 

118, 121, 136

Sea View Gardens, Re [1967] 1 WLR 134.............................................

 

107, 112, 117

Shirlaw v Southern Foundries Ltd [1939] 2 KB 206 ..............................................

 

 

67

Short’s Trustee v Chung (1998) SC 105 (OH); (1999) SLT 7 (IH).....................

 

172

Short’s Trustee v Keeper of the Registers of Scotland (1996) SC (HL) 14 .........

172

Sledmore v Dalby (1996) 72 P & CR 196..............................................................

 

 

142

Spectrum Investment Co v Holmes [1981] 1 WLR 221 ........................

 

30, 137, 138

Spiro v Glencrown Properties Ltd [1991] 64 P & CR 527 ...................................

 

 

162

State Bank of India v Sood [1997] Ch 276..................................................

 

24, 60, 65

Strand Securities Ltd v Caswell [1965] Ch 958 ......................................................

 

 

77

Taylor Fashions Ltd v Liverpool Victoria Trustee Co Ltd [1982] 2 QB 133 ......

142

Taylor v Taylor.......................................................................................................

 

 

172

Tichbourne v Weir (1892) 67 LT 735 ...................................................................

 

 

137

Wallis’ Cayton Bay Holiday Camp Ltd v Shell-Mex and BP Ltd

 

 

[1975] QB 94......................................................................................................

 

 

134

Wayling v Jones (1993) 69 P & CR 170 ................................................................

 

 

164

Webb v Polmount [1966] Ch 584...........................................................................

 

 

72

Williams & Glyn’s Bank Ltd v Boland [1981] AC 487 .......

22, 30, 79, 81, 95, 96, 97

Yaxley v Gotts [2000] Ch 162................................................................................

 

 

163

Young v Laith (1847) 9 D 932 ...............................................................................

 

 

171