Hearings
England & Wales
04 Dec 1985 [1986] Ch 605; [1986] 2 WLR 616; [1986] 1 All ER 989, CA
14 May 1987 (pet all) [1988] AC 54; [1986] 2 WLR 627H; [1987] 2 WLR 1266; [1987] 3 All ER 435, HL(E)
City of London Building Society v Flegg
Subject Matter
LAND REGISTRATION — Overriding interest — “Actual occupation” — Equitable tenants in common in actual occupation of land — Execution of legal charge by two trustees for sale without occupiers' knowledge — Mortgagees' claim for possession — Whether occupiers having overriding interest — Whether interest overreached by execution of legal charge — Law of Property Act 1925, ss 2(1)(ii), 14 — Land Registration Act 1925, ss 3(xv)(a), 20(1)(b), 70(1)(g)
[1986] Ch 605; [1988] AC 54; [1986] 2 WLR 616; [1987] 2 WLR 1266
Appellate History
City of London Building Society v Flegg [1986] Ch 605; [1986] 2 WLR 616; [1986] 1 All ER 989, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
City of London Building Society v Flegg [1988] AC 54; [1986] 2 WLR 627H; [1987] 2 WLR 1266; [1987] 3 All ER 435, HL(E)