The Weekly Law Reports
[2017] 2 WLR 1483
Chancery Division
Baker and another v Craggs
[2016] EWHC 3250 (Ch)
2016 Nov 15;
Dec 15
Newey J
Land registration— Overriding interest— “Actual occupation”— Owners of land first selling it to defendant then granting right of way over it in favour of claimants— Gap in registration process— Whether defendant in “actual occupation”— Whether defendant’s interest overreached— Whether defendant having “estate contract” during registration gap— Whether grant of right of way effective—
Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo 5, c 21) (as amended by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 (16 & 17 Geo 5, c 11), Sch and Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (c 47), s 525, Sch 3, para 4(2)), ss 2, 27(2)