Heywood v BDC Properties Ltd (No 2): CA 1964

The registration of an action as a lis pendens by a non-counterclaiming defendant was held to be an abuse, and although there was no jurisdiction to vacate the registration under the Land Charges Act 1925, the Court had an inherent jurisdiction to prevent ‘an abuse of this sort’ because the registration ‘ought never to have been made’:

Judges:

Harman LJ

Citations:

[1964] 1 WLR 971, [1964] 2 All ER 702

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoHeywood v BDC Properties Ltd (No 1) CA 1963
The registration of a claim was founded on negotiations through correspondence. The Court examined the correspondence, and found that it was clear that there was no possible binding contract existing between the parties, vacated the registration. It . .

Cited by:

CitedNugent v Nugent ChD 20-Dec-2013
The court was asked whether the court has, following the the 2002 Act, an inherent power to order the cancellation of a unilateral notice registered against a title registered under the 2002 Act and, if so, in what circumstances, and how, such a . .
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Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.519751