Monday 13 July 2026
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Hope you had a great weekend. Please see below for the question, the answer to the previous question and associated resources. This is the web version of this newsletter.
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This Week’s Question: A company buys an automated packaging machine from a supplier on the supplier’s standard written terms. Before contracting, the supplier’s sales manager states that the machine can process 12,000 units per day and is suitable for the company’s fragile glass products. The written contract contains a clause excluding liability for pre-contract statements, limiting remedies for defects to repair or replacement, and preventing rejection of the machine. After delivery, the machine processes only 6,000 units per day and repeatedly damages the glass products. Which of the following best reflects the company’s legal position?
A. The company has no claim because the written contract excludes all reliance on statements made before the contract was signed.
B. The company may claim only if the supplier acted fraudulently, because non-fraudulent sales statements are not actionable.
C. The company must accept repair or replacement because business parties are always bound by standard written terms.
D. The company may have claims for misrepresentation and breach, but the exclusion and limitation clauses must satisfy the relevant reasonableness tests.
E. The company may reject the machine automatically because any inaccurate statement about performance makes the contract void.
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Last Week’s Question: A solicitor acts for a buyer purchasing the whole of a registered freehold title. The solicitor obtains an OS1 official search with priority before completion, and completion takes place within the priority period. After completion, but before the solicitor applies to register the transfer, a creditor of the seller lodges an application to protect an adverse interest against the title. The solicitor then realises that the buyer’s registration application was not lodged until after the OS1 priority period expired. Which of the following best reflects the likely conveyancing position?
A. The buyer is protected because completion took place within the OS1 priority period, even though registration was delayed.
B. The buyer is protected if the solicitor lodges a second OS1, because it extends the original priority period.
C. The buyer may have lost priority because the transfer application was not lodged within the OS1 priority period.
D. The creditor’s application is invalid because the seller ceased to own the property once completion occurred.
E. The buyer automatically takes free of the creditor’s interest because the transfer deed was executed first.
Correct answer: C. The buyer may have lost priority because the transfer application was not lodged within the OS1 priority period. Feedback: An OS1 official search with priority is used where a transaction for value affects the whole of a registered title, such as a purchase, lease or charge. It prevents registration of adverse interests during the 30-business-day priority period, allowing the protected application to be lodged. The crucial point is that the buyer must lodge the protected registration application within that priority period. HM Land Registry guidance states that an official search gives priority to the protected registrable disposition over later registrable matters, but also makes clear that a second search does not extend the priority of the first and will not give priority over applications lodged before the second priority period begins. Completion alone is not enough. Under section 27 Land Registration Act 2002, a transfer of a registered estate does not operate at law until the registration requirements are met. Until then, the buyer has not completed the acquisition of the legal estate by registration.
The other options are incorrect because:
A wrongly treats completion as sufficient to preserve priority.
B wrongly assumes a second OS1 can revive or extend the first priority period.
D is too broad because the seller remains the registered proprietor until the transfer is registered.
E wrongly assumes execution of the transfer deed alone determines registered land priority.
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