One of two joint proprietors of registered land forged the signature of the other and sold the property. The purchaser charged it to mortgagees who had no notice of the forgery.
Held: The original proprietor was entitled to have the Charges Register rectified so as to remove the charges in favour of the mortgagees.
Judges:
John Cherryman QC
Citations:
Unreported, 10 June 1994
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Gold Harp Properties Ltd v Macleod and Others CA 29-Jul-2014
The company appealed against an order re-instating to the register leases which the company said it had forfeited for non-payment of rent. After the forfeiture, the landlord had granted new leases. It appealed saying that exceptional circumstances . .
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Registered Land
Updated: 04 June 2022; Ref: scu.536060