Test Your Knowledge on Land Law

A visually engaging representation of land law principles, depicting land ownership, legal rights, and the concept of overriding interests through symbols such as property deeds, land surveys, and legal documents.

Test Your Knowledge on Land Law

Are you ready to dive into the complexities of land law? This quiz will challenge your understanding of overriding interests, legal estates, and the intricacies of unregistered land. Whether you are a student, a legal professional, or just someone interested in property rights, this quiz offers an engaging way to test your knowledge.

You'll encounter questions such as:

What defines an overriding interest?
How do legal rights function in unregistered land?
What are the bona fide purchaser rules?

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by JudgingLand123

Overriding interests

Appear on the register and are binding

Do not appear on the register but are binding

Do not appear on the register and are, therefore, not binding

Are overreachable

In registered land, commercial equitable interests are:

Minor interests

Overriding interests

Interests which automatically bind everyone

Interests which bind everyone, except a bona fide purchaser for value and without notice

A conveyance of a legal interest in land:

Must be in writing and signed

Can be made verbally

Must be in writing, signed and witnessed

Can be inferred from actions

In registered land, a new buyer receives the land:

Subject to entries on the register

Subject to entries on the register and overriding interests – nothing else

Subject only to overriding interests

Subject to entries on the register, overriding interests and anything he has notice of

In unregistered land, legal rights:

Are never binding

Were binding only before 1925

Are binding if the bona fide purchaser rules are met

Are always binding

In unregistered land, since 1925, the only 2 legal estates are:

The freehold and the leasehold

The freehold and the easement

The easement and the mortgage

The leasehold and the mortgage

In unregistered land, since 1925, interests of a family nature:

Can be registered under the Land Charges Act 1972

Can be overreached if money bona fide purchaser rules are met

Can be overreached if money is paid to at least 2 trustees

Cannot be overreached

In unregistered land, since 1925, interests of a commercial nature:

Can be registered under the Land Charges Act 1972

Can be overreached if money bona fide purchaser rules are met

Can be overreached if money is paid to at least 2 trustees

Are registered under the land, not the name of the owner

In unregistered land, under the bona fide purchaser rules, “without notice” means:

Buyer not actually knowing anything

Buyer’s representative not knowing anything

Buyer not actually knowing anything and not being possible to know even if he made enquiries he is reasonably expected to make

Buyer not actually knowing anything, buyer’s representative not knowing anything and not being possible to know even if he made enquiries he is reasonably expected to make

In unregistered land, how many years back is the buyer expected to search, as part of his due diligence?

10 years

15 years

20 years

25 years

Test Your Knowledge on Land Law

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