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Contents

1.6THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN REGISTERED

AND UNREGISTERED LAND

16

1.6.1

Registered land

16

1.6.2

Unregistered land

17

1.7A DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION

 

OF THE 1925 PROPERTY LEGISLATION

19

 

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1

21

2

REGISTERED LAND

25

2.1

INTRODUCTION

25

2.2THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM

OF REGISTERED LAND

27

2.2.1 Under the Land Registration Act 2002

29

2.3THE SO CALLED ‘THREE PRINCIPLES’ OF

REGISTERED LAND

30

2.3.1

The mirror principle

30

2.3.2

The curtain principle

31

2.3.3

The insurance principle

32

2.4AN OVERVIEW OF THE REGISTERED LAND SYSTEM

UNDER THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT 1925

33

2.4.1Registrable interests (including titles) under the Land

 

Registration Act 1925

34

2.4.2

Registered charges

35

2.4.3

Overriding interests

36

2.4.4

Minor interests

37

2.5 THE OPERATION OF REGISTERED LAND: TITLES

38

2.5.1

Absolute title

39

2.5.2

Good leasehold title

40

2.5.3

Possessory title

40

2.5.4

Qualified title

41

2.5.5 The new owner or mortgagee (the purchaser)

41

2.5.6

The third party

41

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2.6THE OPERATION OF REGISTERED LAND:

OVERRIDING INTERESTS

43

2.6.1 Easements and profits: s 70(1)(a)

 

of the Land Registration Act 1925

44

2.6.2Rights in the nature of public or residual feudal

obligations: s 70(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) of the Land

 

Registration Act 1925

46

2.6.3 Adverse possession: s 70(1)(f) of the Land

 

Registration Act 1925

46

2.6.4Rights and actual occupation: s 70(1)(g) of the Land

Registration Act 1925

47

2.6.5Legal leases for 21 years or less: s 70(1)(k) of the

Land Registration Act 1925

52

2.6.6Further overriding interests under s 70(1) of the Land

Registration Act 1925

52

2.6.7The bindingness of overriding interests under the

Land Registration Act 1925

53

2.7 THE OPERATION OF REGISTERED LAND:

 

MINOR INTERESTS UNDER THE LAND

 

REGISTRATION ACT 1925

60

2.7.1 Restriction: s 58 of

 

the Land Registration Act 1925

61

2.7.2 Inhibition: s 57 of

 

the Land Registration Act 1925

61

2.7.3 Notice: s 49 of

 

the Land Registration Act 1925

62

2.7.4 Caution: ss 54, 55, 56 of

 

the Land Registration Act 1925

62

2.7.5 Enforcing minor interests

63

2.8 THE OPERATION OF REGISTERED LAND:

 

OVERREACHING

68

2.8.1 The right must be capable of being overreached

69

2.8.2 The statutory conditions for overreaching

 

must be fulfilled

69

2.8.3 The consequences of failing to overreach

71

2.9 RECTIFICATION OF THE REGISTER

72

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2.10 INDEMNITY UNDER THE LAND REGISTRATION

 

 

ACT 1925

75

2.11

AN OVERVIEW OF THE LAND REGISTRATION

 

 

ACT 2002

78

 

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2

81

3

UNREGISTERED LAND

85

3.1INTRODUCTION TO THE SYSTEM OF UNREGISTERED

CONVEYANCING: UNREGISTERED LAND

86

3.1.1 What is unregistered land?

86

3.2 AN OVERVIEW OF UNREGISTERED LAND

86

3.2.1 Estates in unregistered land

86

3.2.2 Interests in unregistered land: rights over

 

another person’s estate

87

3.2.3 Legal rights

87

3.2.4 Equitable rights which are registrable

 

under the Land Charges Act 1972

88

3.2.5 Equitable rights which are not registrable under

 

the Land Charges Act 1972 because they

 

are subject to overreaching

88

3.2.6 Equitable rights which are neither overreachable

 

nor registrable under the Land Charges Act 1972

88

3.3 TITLES IN UNREGISTERED LAND

89

3.4 THIRD PARTY RIGHTS IN UNREGISTERED LAND

90

3.5THE PURCHASER OF UNREGISTERED LAND

AND THE PROTECTION OF LEGAL RIGHTS

92

3.6THE PURCHASER OF UNREGISTERED LAND AND THE PROTECTION OF EQUITABLE RIGHTS:

THE LAND CHARGES ACT 1972

93

3.6.1The classes of registrable charge under

the Land Charges Act 1972

95

3.6.2 The effect of registering a land charge

98

3.6.3The consequences of failing to register

a registrable land charge in general

100

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3.6.4

The voidness rule

101

 

3.6.5

Other registers

103

3.7

OVERREACHABLE RIGHTS

104

3.8

A RESIDUAL CLASS OF EQUITABLE INTERESTS

106

3.9

INHERENT PROBLEMS IN THE SYSTEM

 

 

OF UNREGISTERED LAND

108

3.10 A COMPARISON WITH REGISTERED LAND

109

 

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3

111

4

CO-OWNERSHIP

115

4.1THE NATURE AND TYPES OF CONCURRENT

 

CO-OWNERSHIP

116

4.2

JOINT TENANCY

116

 

4.2.1

The right of survivorship (the ius accrescendi)

117

 

4.2.2

The four unities

117

4.3

TENANCY IN COMMON

118

4.4THE EFFECT OF THE LAW OF PROPERTYACT 1925 AND THE TRUSTS OF LAND AND APPOINTMENT

OF TRUSTEES ACT 1996

119

4.4.1

Before 1 January 1926

120

4.4.2

On or after 1 January 1926

120

4.5THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN JOINT TENANCY AND TENANCY IN COMMON IN PRACTICE:

THE EQUITABLE INTEREST

122

4.6 THE STATUTORY MACHINERY AND

 

THE OPERATION OF CO-OWNERSHIP

123

4.7THE NATURE OF THE UNSEVERABLE LEGAL JOINT

TENANCY: THE TRUST OF LAND

124

4.8THE ADVANTAGES OF THE 1925 AND 1996

LEGISLATIVE REFORMS

127

4.9THE DISADVANTAGES OF THE TRUST OF LAND AS A

DEVICE FOR REGULATING CO-OWNERSHIP

129

4.9.1 Disputes as to sale

129

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4.9.2

When is it likely that a court will order sale?

131

4.9.3

The special case of bankruptcy

132

4.9.4The position of a purchaser who buys

 

co-owned land: when overreaching occurs

134

4.9.5

If consents are required

135

4.9.6

If consents are not initially required

137

4.9.7

When overreaching does not occur

137

4.9.8The position of the equitable owners:

problems and proposals

139

4.9.9The position of the equitable owners faced with

overreaching: the problem in perspective

141

4.9.10 The question of possession

142

4.9.11 The payment of rent

143

4.9.12 A summary of the Trusts of Land and

 

Appointment of Trustees Act 1996

143

4.10THE EXPRESS AND IMPLIED CREATION OF CO-OWNERSHIP IN PRACTICE: EXPRESS,

RESULTING AND CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS

144

4.10.1 Express creation

144

4.10.2Creation of co-ownership even though

 

the legal title is in one name only

146

4.10.3

Establishing the equitable interest

146

4.10.4

The express trust

147

4.10.5The immediate, the deferred and the indirect

 

‘purchase money’ resulting trust

147

4.10.6

The constructive trust

149

4.10.7

Where there is no interest

151

4.10.8The nature of the interest established: joint

tenancy or tenancy in common

153

4.11 SEVERANCE

153

4.11.1

By statutory notice: s 36(2) of

 

 

the Law of Property Act 1925

154

4.11.2

By an act operating on his own share

155

4.11.3Where joint tenants agree to sever by

‘mutual agreement’

155

4.11.4 By mutual conduct

156

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4

157

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5

SUCCESSIVE INTERESTS IN LAND

163

5.1

WHAT IS SUCCESSIVE OWNERSHIP OF LAND?

163

5.2

SUCCESSIVE INTERESTS: IN GENERAL

163

5.2.1Successive interests under the Trusts of Land

and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996

164

5.3SUCCESSIVE INTERESTS UNDER THE OLD REGIME:

THE STRICT SETTLEMENT

168

5.3.1

The essential characteristics of settled land

169

5.3.2

The specific attributes of settled land

169

5.3.3The creation of strict settlements under the Settled

Land Act 1925

170

5.3.4The position of the tenant for life and

the statutory powers

170

5.3.5The role of the trustees of the settlement in

 

regulating the powers of the tenant for life

171

5.3.6

The fiduciary position of the tenant for life

172

5.3.7

Attempts to restrict the

 

 

powers of the tenant for life

172

5.3.8

Protection for the beneficiaries

173

5.3.9

Protection for the purchaser of settled land

174

5.3.10

The overreaching machinery

174

5.3.11

The duties of the trustees of the settlement

174

5.4 THE TRUST OF LAND

175

5.5A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE OLD STRICT SETTLEMENT UNDER THE SETTLED LAND ACT 1925 AND THE NEW TRUSTS OF LAND AND

 

APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES ACT 1996 REGIME

175

 

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 5

177

6

LEASES

181

6.1

THE NATURE OF A LEASE

181

6.2

THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A LEASE

183

 

6.2.1

Exclusive possession

183

 

6.2.2 For a term certain

189

 

6.2.3

Periodic tenancies

190

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6.2.4 Statutory provisions concerning certain terms

190

6.2.5

Rent

191

6.3 THE CREATION OF LEGALAND EQUITABLE LEASES

192

6.3.1

Introductory points

192

6.3.2

Legal leases

192

6.3.3

Equitable leases

195

6.3.4The differences between legal

and equitable leases

198

6.4 LEASEHOLD COVENANTS

200

6.4.1The separate nature of the ‘benefit’

 

of a covenant and the ‘burden’ of a covenant

201

6.4.2

Two sets of rules concerning the

 

 

enforceability of leasehold covenants

201

6.5RULES FOR LEASES GRANTED

BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1996

202

6.5.1Liability between the original landlord and

the original tenant: the general rule

202

6.5.2The continuing liability of the original tenant

throughout the entire term of the lease

202

6.5.3The continuing rights and obligations of the original

landlord throughout the term of the lease

206

6.5.4The assignment of the lease to a new tenant for

pre-1996 leases

206

6.5.5The claimant and defendant must be

 

in ‘privity of estate’

207

6.5.6

The covenant must ‘touch and concern’ the land

208

6.5.7

Special rules

209

6.5.8The assignment of the reversion to a new

 

landlord under pre-1996 tenancies

209

6.5.9

Section 141 of the Law of Property Act 1925:

 

 

the benefit of the original landlord’s covenants

210

6.5.10 Section 142 of the Law of Property Act 1925:

 

 

the burden of the original landlord’s covenants

210

6.5.11

Special rules

211

6.5.12 Equitable leases and equitable

 

 

assignments of legal leases

212

6.5.13 The original landlord and tenant

213

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6.5.14The assignment of the reversion of an

 

equitable lease to a new landlord

213

6.5.15 The assignment of the equitable

 

 

lease to a new tenant

213

6.5.16

The position of subtenants

217

6.5.17

The Law Commission and proposals for reform

218

6.6THE NEW SCHEME: THE LAW APPLICABLE TO TENANCIES GRANTED ON OR AFTER

1 JANUARY 1996; THE LANDLORD AND

TENANT (COVENANTS) ACT 1995

219

6.6.1 General principles of the 1995 Act

219

6.6.2 The tenant’s position in more detail

220

6.6.3

An assessment of the landlord’s position

223

6.6.4

To sum up

224

6.7THE LANDLORD’S REMEDIES FOR BREACH

OF COVENANT

225

6.7.1

Distress

225

6.7.2 Action for arrears of rent

225

6.7.3

Action for damages

226

6.7.4 Injunction and specific performance

226

6.7.5

Forfeiture

227

6.7.6

General considerations

227

6.7.7 Forfeiture for non-payment of rent

228

6.7.8Principles for granting discretionary

relief for non-payment of rent

230

6.7.9Forfeiture for breach of covenants

other than to pay rent

230

6.8 THE TENANT’S REMEDIES FOR

 

BREACH OF COVENANT

235

6.8.1 Damages for breach of covenant

235

6.8.2 Action for an injunction

235

6.8.3 Action for specific performance

235

6.8.4 Retention of future rent

236

6.9 TERMINATION OF LEASES

236

6.9.1 By effluxion of time

236

6.9.2 By forfeiture

236

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6.9.3

By notice

237

6.9.4

By merger

237

6.9.5

By surrender

237

6.9.6

By enlargement

238

6.9.7

By disclaimer

238

6.9.8

By frustration

238

6.9.9 By repudiatory breach of contract

238

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 6

239

7 THE LAW OF EASEMENTS

245

7.1THE NATURE OF EASEMENTS

AS INTERESTS IN LAND

245

7.2THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS

 

OF AN EASEMENT

245

 

7.2.1 There must be a dominant and a servient tenement

246

 

7.2.2 The separation of the dominant

 

 

and servient tenement

246

 

7.2.3 The alleged easement must accommodate

 

 

the dominant tenement

247

 

7.2.4 The alleged easement must ‘be capable

 

 

of forming the subject matter of a grant’

248

 

7.2.5 Public policy

250

7.3 LEGAL AND EQUITABLE EASEMENTS: FORMALITIES

251

7.4

LEGAL EASEMENTS

251

 

7.4.1 Easements created by statute

252

 

7.4.2 Easements created by prescription

252

 

7.4.3 Easements created by deed/registered disposition

252

7.5

EQUITABLE EASEMENTS

252

7.6THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN LEGAL AND EQUITABLE EASEMENTS

IN PRACTICE: EASEMENTS AND PURCHASERS

 

OF THE DOMINANT OR SERVIENT TENEMENT

254

7.6.1

Registered land

255

7.6.2

Unregistered land

258

7.7 THE CREATION OF EASEMENTS

258

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7.8

EXPRESS CREATION

259

 

7.8.1

Express grant

259

 

7.8.2

Express reservation

260

7.9

IMPLIED CREATION

260

 

7.9.1 Implied by necessity: grant and reservation

261

7.9.2Implied by common intention:

grant and reservation

262

7.9.3Easements implied under the rule in

Wheeldon v Burrows: grant only

263

7.9.4Easements implied under s 62 of the Law of

Property Act 1925: grant only

266

7.9.5An example of the creation of easements by s 62 of

the Law of Property Act 1925

268

7.9.6 A comparison between the rule in Wheeldon

 

v Burrows and s 62 of the Law of

 

Property Act 1925

269

7.10 EASEMENTS RESULTING FROM PRESCRIPTION

269

7.10.1General conditions for obtaining an

 

easement by prescription

270

 

7.10.2 Easements of prescription lie in fee simple only

270

 

7.10.3 Use must be ‘of right’, so as to presume the grant

272

 

7.10.4 Use must be in the character of an easement

274

7.11

METHODS OF ESTABLISHING AN EASEMENT BY

 

 

PRESCRIPTION

274

 

7.11.1 Prescription at common law

275

 

7.11.2 Prescription at common law: lost modern grant

276

 

7.11.3 The Prescription Act 1832

276

7.12 THE EXTINGUISHMENT OF EASEMENTS

278

7.13 A NOTE ON PROFITS À PRENDRE

278

 

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 7

279

8

FREEHOLD COVENANTS

285

8.1 THE NATURE OF FREEHOLD COVENANTS

285

 

8.1.1 Positive and negative covenants

285

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