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Hodgson v Marks

[1971] Ch 892; [1971] 2 WLR 1263; [1971] 2 All ER 684 (CA)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division), England and Wales

Year1971

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A beneficiary under a resulting trust who is in actual occupation of registered land has an overriding interest under s.70(1)(g) LRA 1925 binding on a purchaser/chargee, even though her name is not on the register.

Area of Law

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