Legal and equitable rights: sorting land rights

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1. 01

   Legal, equitable, personal

   You are told a claimant has an interest in land. In 20 seconds, how do you decide whether it is legal, equitable, or merely personal before doing anything else?

2. 02

   Legal rights bind buyers

   If the right is said to be legal, what is your next move on binding effect and registration, and what do you not need to prove first?

3. 03

   Protecting equitable rights

   If the right is equitable, what do you look for to see whether it can bind a buyer, and why is protection on the register important?

4. 04

   Purely personal rights

   How do you spot a personal right, and what is the key consequence for a later buyer?

5. 05

   Writing is not enough

   A right is in writing. Why is that not enough on its own to call it legal, and what else must you ask?

6. 06

   Priority after classification

   Once you have classified the right, what is the next priority question you ask to decide whether a purchaser takes subject to it?

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