LRA Rentcharges : Nature and Extent : Rectification or Setting Aside of Documents : Scope of Jurisdiction – Rentcharges – grant of lease over rentcharge to trustees to enforce payments due under a rentcharge – equitable status of lease pending registration – proof of title to rentcharge – proof of sums due and owing – legal effect of non-payment – whether notice of demands is a prerequisite to payment – application to register lease against title to property the subject of the rentcharge – whether the lease can be set aside as a sham transaction – statutory redemption of rentcharges – unreasonable, unconscionable behaviour, and/or lack of proportionality – Law of Property Act 1925, ss. 1(2)(b), 121 – Rentcharges Act 1977, ss. 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 – Land Registration Act 2002, ss. 4(2), 108(2) – The Adjudicator to HM Land Registry (Practice and Procedure) Rules 2003, r.33
Edward Cousins, sitting as the Principal Judge of the Property Chamber
[2014] EWLandRA 2012 – 1006, [2014] UKFTT 0314 (PC)
Bailii
Registered Land
Updated: 17 December 2021; Ref: scu.535051
