Title Guarantee: Worth its weight

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | Property Law Journal | June 2016 #342
Roger Cohen summarises a series of cases which demonstrate the issues that can arise when a title is registered by fraud or error ‘Disputes can arise between competing innocent owners and between the innocent victim and the Land Registry as provider of the indemnity.’ The elevator pitch for the system of title by registration in …

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Conveyancing: How to tackle property fraud

Fieldfisher | Property Law Journal | April 2015 #330
Property fraud is on the up, and recent cases highlight the importance of vigilance by solicitors, especially when dealing with vulnerable clients. Jayne Elkins and Karen McGinley investigate ‘Generally, there is less risk of fraud with registered land than with unregistered property, as although the registers are open, there are various steps a registered proprietor …

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