The ramblings of an old lawyer: where did Overriding Interests go to between 1925 and 1981?

This seminar is hosted by the School of Law Research Seminar Series. Our series offers exciting insights into ongoing research projects within the law school and conducted by our external research partners. We often feature work from our research centres (the Centre for American Legal Studies, the Centre for Human Rights, the Centre for Science, Law and Policy, and the International Business Law Research Group). Our work is often transdisciplinary, dealing with law's relationship with broadly defined social justice, policy-making, science and much more. Join us for invigorating discussion! 

In this session, we hear from Keith Gompertz. Keith Gompertz practiced as a Solicitor from admission in 1974 to 1997 when he joined BCU (then UCE) as a Senior Lecturer in Law. Currently, Keith is a part-time lecturer in law at BCU, where he is part of the Land Law team.

Keith Gompertz will deliver a research seminar discussion on overriding Interest, followed by interactive Q&A.

Title: The ramblings of an old lawyer: where did Overriding Interests go to between 1925 and 1981?

Abstract: The Land Registration Act 1925 (LRA 1925) set out a number of interests that overrode the registers ("OI's"), but OI's still bound an incoming acquirer of that title. Some may have been undiscoverable by such an acquirer or their legal representative, so giving rise to the so-called "crack" in the mirror-principle upon which land (sic.) registration is said to be based. Yet, seemingly, there is little academic literature commentary and case-law between the LRA's enactment in 1925 and the Boland decision in 1981.

This seminar has now concluded but it is available on demand. If you find that you do not have access, you can email the research seminar series leader at iyan.offor@bcu.ac.uk in order to gain access.