A buyer of unregistered land cannot rely on a register of title, so everything turns on the deeds and on which of three priority regimes governs each interest. This chapter opens with the unregistered system itself and the events that now force first registration, then explains how title is deduced from a good root and which names must be searched. It moves through the priority of legal interests, the land charges system with its key classes, and the consequences of non-registration — including which purchasers take free of an unregistered charge and the protection an official search certificate provides. It closes with the doctrine of notice and the requirements of Equity's Darling, and with overreaching, which can sweep beneficial interests under a trust off the land entirely.
