LW599 Land Law Assignment
Added on 2020-05-08
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Running head: Land law Practice Paper of Land Law
Land law 1ContentsAns 1..........................................................................................................................................2Ans 2..........................................................................................................................................2(a)............................................................................................................................................2(b)...........................................................................................................................................3(c)............................................................................................................................................3Ans 3..........................................................................................................................................4(a)............................................................................................................................................4(b)...........................................................................................................................................4(c)............................................................................................................................................4(d)...........................................................................................................................................4Ans 4..........................................................................................................................................5(a)............................................................................................................................................5(b)...........................................................................................................................................5(c)............................................................................................................................................5(d)...........................................................................................................................................5(e)............................................................................................................................................6References..................................................................................................................................7
Land law 2Ans 1. It is truly asserted that the “register” is a most significant compliance of torrent system of land. The Torrent System protects an interest and title of a bona fide owner by a principle of indefeasibility (Law Explorer, 2017). Position of unregistered instruments-“The performance of registration is the effective piece toconvey title” (Hepburn, 2013). According to this view, owner of registered instrument authorized to disregard any unregistered interest claimed by any third person. Five main divisions of indefeasibility of titleThe principle of indefeasibility is that every owner shall have absolute ownership to land on registration (Williams, 2011 and Bant, E. & Harding M, 2010). oSection 62, Paramountcy of owner’s estate – a section deals with supremacy of ownerover all his estates. oSection 63, Protection from ejectment- this section highlights the principle of section 62 where no act shall be brought against an owner for recovery of land.oSection 64, Prescription section – this section guards the bona fide owner against cessation of his absolute ownership by adverse possession and prescriptive title.oSection 182, Protection from notice- this section state that bona fide owner is not indebted to inquire into notice affected by unregistered interest.oSection 183, Protection from defects in vendor's or mortgagor's title- a purchaser is protected against recovery of land, or damages in the case of fraud under any void or voidable instrument.Case reference:oGibbs v Messer (1891) A.C. 248oBoyd v Mayor of Wellington [1924] NZLR 1174 (Registration of a void instrument) oFrazer v Walker [1967] 1 A.C. 569 (Registration of a void instrument due to forgery ) Ans 2.(a) In context of case, the following requisites resolve the mortgagor dispute-
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