I don’t think there is any significant point of law or practice in Lemas and Sealy v Williams [2009] EWCA Civ 360, but it is a strange case (although one suspects many readers will have been involved in similarly chaotic cases at one stage or another) and worthy of a short note.
Mr & Mrs Lemas were, at one time, the joint registered proprietors of a house, with a mortgage secured in favour of Abbey National. Mr Lemas got into financial difficulties and was made bankrupt. Despite that, Mr Lemas managed to arrange for the sale of the property to Mr Sealy. Before that sale could be completed, Abbey National … Read the full post



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