Q We sold a property and moved out last year, but we’ve just received a community protection notice from the council about fly-tipping at the property, and it turns out that our buyer has not yet recorded his purchase with the Land Registry. A You have unfortunately fallen into what is commonly called the “registration gap”. Under section 27(1) of the Land Registration Act 2002 any sale of land that has to be registered “does not operate at law until the relevant registration requirements are met”. This means that legal title does not formally pass to buyers until they are registered as proprietors at HM Land Registry. Until then, sellers are treated as trustees and hold the land on trust for

Source: The Times February 07, 2020 00:00 UTC