Hayes v Nwajiaku: ChD 10 Jun 1994

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:

Land registration Act 1925 82

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedGold 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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Updated: 04 June 2022; Ref: scu.536060