Category: rectification

Swift 1st Ltd v Chief Land Registrar – WLR Daily

Posted April 17th, 2015 in forgery, impersonation, indemnities, land registration, law reports, news, rectification by sally

Swift 1st Ltd v Chief Land Registrar [2015] EWCA Civ 330; [2015] WLR (D) 167

‘The proprietor of a registered charge which turned out to have been a forged disposition was entitled to payment by way of indemnity under Schedule 8 to the Land Registration Act 2002 in circumstances where the registered proprietor and rightful owner of the property was in actual occupation at the date of the disposition.’

WLR Daily, 1st April 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Effect of rectification of the register under the Land Registration Act 2002 – New Square Chambers

Posted December 3rd, 2014 in appeals, land registration, news, rectification, restrictive covenants by sally

‘Gold Harp Properties Ltd v Macleod & Others [2014] EWCA Civ 1084 is a very important Court of Appeal decision explaining the effect of rectification of the register following a mistake. The effect on the priority of interests created after the mistake but before the rectification is different from what many in the profession thought it was.’

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New Square Chambers, 28th November 2014

Source: www.newsquarechambers.co.uk

Rectification of Wills Following Marley v Rawlings – No. 5 Chambers

Posted October 15th, 2014 in appeals, documents, news, rectification, Supreme Court, wills by sally

‘David Mtichell, member of No5 Chambers Commercial & Chancery Group, recently gave a talk titled ‘Rectification of Wills Following Marley v Rawlings’ at the No5 Estates Seminar held on 25th September.’

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No. 5 Chambers, 15th October 2014

Source: www.no5.com

The costs of rectification – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted October 6th, 2014 in appeals, costs, drafting, intestacy, negligence, news, rectification, solicitors, Supreme Court, wills by sally

‘This case continues to generate interesting discussion in the Supreme Court – this time on the issue of costs.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 6th October 2014

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Marley v Rawlings (No 2) – WLR Daily

Posted October 2nd, 2014 in appeals, costs, fees, law reports, mistake, rectification, solicitors, Supreme Court, wills by tracey

Marley v Rawlings (No 2); [2014] UKSC 51; [2014] WLR (D) 402

‘Where a mistake made by a solicitor in the execution of a will required its validity to be determined in litigation, funded in the High Court and the Court of Appeal on a traditional basis and in the Supreme Court under contingency fee agreements, the proper order for costs in the High Court and the Court of Appeal was that the solicitor’s insurers should pay the costs of both the successful claimant and the unsuccessful defendants, thereby short-circuiting the approach that, on a reasonable, but unsuccessful, challenge to the validity of a will, the costs should be borne by the estate.’

WLR Daily, 18th September 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Insurer to bear costs of mirror wills mix-up – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted September 19th, 2014 in appeals, costs, insurance, mistake, news, rectification, solicitors, Supreme Court, wills by tracey

‘The Supreme Court today ordered a solicitor’s insurer to pay the bulk of both parties’ costs over a wills dispute arising when a married couple each signed the wrong draft of a will.’

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Law Society’s Gazette, 18th September 2014

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

MacLeod and others v Gold Harp Properties Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted July 31st, 2014 in appeals, land registration, law reports, rectification by michael

MacLeod and others v Gold Harp Properties Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1084;  [2014] WLR (D) 345

‘Paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to the Land Registration Act 2002 permitted the rectification of the land register where there were two competing derivative interests, the first of which had been mistakenly omitted or removed from the register, the second of which had been created during the period of mistaken deregistration and before the rectification of the register by the restoration of the first interest, so that the priority of the interests was changed in order that the first interest upon restoration was given the priority it would have had but for the mistake.’

WLR Daily, 29th July 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Church Comrs for England v Hampshire County Council – WLR Daily

Posted May 22nd, 2014 in appeals, commons, land registration, law reports, local government, rectification, regulations by sally

Church Comrs for England v Hampshire County Council [2014] EWCA Civ 634; [2014] WLR (D) 207

‘Regulation 5(4) of the Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) (Interim Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2007 provided a means for curing deficiencies in an application to register land as a town or village green under section 15 of the Commons Act 2006 and once that application was so cured it was treated as duly made on the date on which the original defective application was lodged. Whether an applicant had been afforded a “reasonable opportunity” by the registration authority to put a defective application in order, for the purposes of regulation 5(4), was a question of law for the court and was not reviewable only on Wednesbury grounds.’

WLR Daily, 14th May 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Global Witness and the journalism exemption: ICO to have the first go? – Panopticon

Posted May 2nd, 2014 in data protection, news, rectification, stay of proceedings by tracey

‘Panopticon has previously reported on the novel and important data protection case Steinmetz and Others v Global Witness [2014] EWHC 1186 (Ch). The High Court (Henderson J) has now given a judgment on a procedural point which will set the shape for this litigation.’

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Panopticon, 30th April 2014

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

When is it just to rectify the register of town or village greens under section 14 of the Commons Registration Act 1965? – New Square Chambers

Posted February 14th, 2014 in commons, land registration, news, rectification by sally

‘An erroneous decision to register land as a village green is catastrophic for the owner. Once
registered as a green, the land is effectively sterilised for ever. To put right a mistaken registration is not at all easy. This is for two reasons.’

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New Square Chambers, 7th February 2014

Source: www.newsquarechambers.co.uk

Supreme Court allows removal of incorrectly-registered land from village greens register despite delays – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 7th, 2014 in commons, delay, land registration, news, rectification by tracey

‘The Supreme Court has allowed the removal of two pieces of land, that were incorrectly registered as town or village greens (TVGs), from the register preventing their redevelopment, despite the landowners’ lengthy delays in applying for the rectifications.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 7th February 2014

Source: www.out-law.com

Wills “mix-up” case – no reason for a flood of litigation – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted February 7th, 2014 in mistake, news, rectification, solicitors, wills by tracey

‘Would it be a fantasy too far to imagine that the ghost of the late Lord Denning has been whispering in the ears of their Lordships Neuberger, Clarke, Sumption, Carnwath and Hodge? Possibly not, given the Denning-esque outcome in the wills “mix-up” case of Marley v Rawlings and another. The facts of the case were simple. Mr and Mrs Rawlings wanted mirror wills leaving everything to each other and thereafter to Terry Marley who they treated as a son. On 17 May 1999 their solicitor visited them with drafted wills for the purpose of execution. However, Mr Rawlings executed Mrs Rawlings’ will and vice versa. Both wrongly executed wills were witnessed by their solicitor and a secretary. Each will correctly used such relevant words as “his”, “her”, “testator” and “testatrix”.’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 6th February 2014

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Adamson (FC) (Appellant) v Paddico (267) Limited (Respondent); Mrs Gill Taylor (on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Markham and Little Francis) (Appellant) v Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Limited (Respondent) – Supreme Court

Posted February 6th, 2014 in appeals, commons, delay, land registration, law reports, local government, mistake, planning, rectification, Supreme Court by sally

Adamson (FC) (Appellant) v Paddico (267) Limited (Respondent); Mrs Gill Taylor (on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Markham and Little Francis) (Appellant) v Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Limited (Respondent) [2014] UKSC 7 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 5th February 2014

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Supreme Court in key ruling on village greens and rectification – Local Government Lawyer

Posted February 6th, 2014 in appeals, commons, delay, land registration, local government, mistake, news, planning, rectification by sally

‘The Supreme Court has handed down a major ruling on applications to rectify the register of town and village greens, lapses of time and the question of whether there would be a serious detriment or prejudice should an application be granted.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 5th February 2014

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Supreme Court to rule on deregistration of town and village greens – Local Government Lawyer

Posted February 4th, 2014 in appeals, commons, land registration, local government, mistake, news, rectification, Supreme Court by sally

‘The Supreme Court is set to rule this week on two conjoined cases concerning whether it is just to de-register land registered as a town or village green when there was a legal error that led to the registration.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 4th February 2014

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Supreme Court rules will is valid despite admin error – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 24th, 2014 in appeals, mistake, news, rectification, Supreme Court, wills by sally

‘Alfred and Maureen Rawlings’ wills were contested after a clerical error saw them sign each other’s paperwork.’

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2014

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Marley v Rawlings and another – WLR Daily

Posted January 23rd, 2014 in appeals, law reports, mistake, rectification, solicitors, Supreme Court, wills by sally

Marley v Rawlings and another [2014] UKSC 2; [2014] WLR (D) 18

A will did not have to satisfy the requirements for formal validity prescribed by section 9 of the Wills Act 1837, as amended, or have the testator’s knowledge and approval before it could be treated as a “will” which was capable of being rectified under section 20 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982.

WLR Daily, 22nd January 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Marley (Appellant) v Rawlings and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court

Posted January 23rd, 2014 in appeals, law reports, mistake, rectification, solicitors, Supreme Court, wills by sally

Marley (Appellant) v Rawlings and another (Respondents) [2014] UKSC 2 | UKSC 2012/0057 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 22nd January 2014

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

A note on equitable rectification – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted December 12th, 2013 in equity, mistake, news, rectification by sally

‘Equitable rectification provides a separate, distinct and interesting remedy that is available to cure errors in executed agreements. The availability of the remedy can often be critical in circumstances, for example, where the transaction requires registration at the Land Registry or third party rights and interests are affected by the agreements. In landlord and tenant and real estate transactions the remedy has been granted in a myriad of circumstances ranging from disputes about break clauses, rent review, real estate transfers or sale and leaseback agreements. Rectification in these is therefore of more than passing academic interest, its grant nullifying potentially disastrous consequences when an executed agreement incorrectly records the agreement made between the parties. ‘

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Hardwicke Chambers, 5th December 2013

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Dispute over ‘botched’ £70,000 family will signed by the wrong spouses reaches Supreme Court – The Independent

Posted December 4th, 2013 in mistake, news, rectification, Supreme Court, wills by sally

‘A bitter dispute between three “brothers” over who should gain a £70,000 inheritance after a couple mistakenly signed each other’s wills was brought before the Supreme Court today.’

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The Independent, 3rd December 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk