Chaudhary v Yavuz

Subject Matter

LAND REGISTRATION — Overriding interest — “Actual occupation” — Claimant’s equitable easement of way over staircase on neighbouring land giving access to first floor of claimant’s property — Right of way not registered — Whether claimant in "actual occupation" of staircase — Whether right of way overriding interest enforceable against purchaser of neighbouring land — Land Registration Act 2002, s 29(2)(a)(ii), Sch 3, para 2

[2013] Ch 249; [2012] 3 WLR 987

TRUSTS — Constructive trust — Sale of land — Claimant’s equitable easement of way over staircase on neighbouring land giving access to first floor of claimant’s property — Right of way not registered — Defendant purchasing neighbouring land subject to incumbrances discoverable by inspection — Whether right of way binding on defendant by way of constructive trust — Standard Conditions of Sale (4th ed), cond 3.1.2(b)

[2013] Ch 249; [2012] 3 WLR 987