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United Kingdom Leading Case actual occupationoverriding interestsprioritycompletion

Abbey National Building Society v Cann

[1990] UKHL 3; [1991] 1 AC 56
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1990
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Actual occupation for overriding-interest purposes is tested at the date of completion (registration), and an acquisition mortgage and the transfer it funds are one indivisible transaction, leaving no scintilla temporis in which an unencumbered estate exists for a beneficial interest to attach.

Area of Law

Land & Property

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