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problemchild
08-03-2006, 21:59 PM
The solicitor of the vendor of the property I wish to buy has inserted a clause in the sale contract as follows.

"The Transferor and Transferee apply to the Chief Land Registrar for the registration of a restriction in the following terms:- No disposition of the registered estate by the proprietor of the registered estate is to be registered without a certificate signed on behalf of [vendor] or by its solicitors that the provisions of the terms of the transfer dated [date] and made between [vendor] (1) and [buyer] (2) have been complied with."

My solicitor has said that the clause is unneccessary and has written to the vendor saying the same.

Does anyone know why a vendor would want to put such a clause into the contract.

Thansk and sorry for the length.

Tweedle Dum
09-03-2006, 19:16 PM
So that your solicitor can charge 65 quid for writing to him and he can charge 65 quid for replying.

Worldlife
09-03-2006, 19:52 PM
Could it be anything to do with preventing identity theft - believe there have been instances of land being transferred as a result of identity theft.