Principle

PROPERTY LAW — Unregistered Instrument — Evidentiary Value

Area of law
PROPERTY LAW
Court
Supreme Court

This principle establishes that a purchaser who has paid and taken possession under an unregistered registrable instrument acquires an equitable interest as good as legal estate, defeatable only by a purchaser for value without notice. The principle applies in land disputes. It ensures that equitable…

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