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This Practice Note considers:

1. •

   the basic rule for priority under the Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA 2002)

2. •

   exceptions to the basic rule under LRA 2002, ss 29 and 30

3. •

   how the entry of an agreed notice or a unilateral notice can be used to protect the priority of an interest in registered land (including practical examples)

4. •

   which interests can be protected by an agreed or unilateral notice, and

5. •

   the process for entering and cancelling an agreed notice or a unilateral notice

It also briefly discusses registrar’s notices.

This Practice Note does not cover official searches with priority in any detail—see instead Practice Note: Pre-completion searches.

It also does not cover other ‘special case’ transactions or circumstances that may affect priority between interests, such as:

1. •

   overreaching—see Practice Notes: Overreaching—sales by trustees of land and Overreaching by a mortgagee

2. •

   rectification of the register—see Practice Note: Land registration—alteration and rectification of the title register and the grounds for indemnity

3. •

   deeds of priority—see Practice Note: Priority between security interests