Property owners, buyers and agents: Check for the title deeds before 25 February!
“Time is of the essence” (legal phrase meaning ‘speed is essential, there’s a deadline, this is an emergency, hurry up, do it now’ – The Phrase Finder) You sell your house/apartment/office/factory/plot of land. You instruct your conveyancer to pass transfer to the buyer, and start dreaming of what you will do with the proceeds. But […]
PROPERTY FRAUD: BUYERS, BONDHOLDERS BEWARE
“Our system of deeds registration is negative: it does not guarantee the title that appears in the deeds register” (extract from first judgment below)Although in practice title deeds as registered in the Deeds Office are accepted as proof positive of property ownership, two important SCA (Supreme Court of Appeal) decisions illustrate a little-known but potentially […]