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MORTGAGES III. REMEDIES OF THE MORTGAGEE (cont’d). SUE ON BORROWER’S PERSONAL COVT TO REPAY. Action lies in contract Limitation period – 12 years. APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER. POWER OF APPOINTMENT s.109 LPA 25 Arising & exercisable – as for sale MAIN FUNCTION? AGENT of Lender or Borrower?.
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SUE ON BORROWER’S PERSONAL COVT TO REPAY • Action lies in contract • Limitation period – 12 years
APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER POWER OF APPOINTMENT • s.109 LPA 25 • Arising & exercisable – as for sale MAIN FUNCTION? AGENT of Lender or Borrower?
FORECLOSURE • THE EFFECT • PROCEDURE • Court order • order nisi • order absolute • Sale instead under s.91(2) LPA 25? Foreclosure actions ‘are almost unheard of today and have been so for many years’ Palk v Mortgage Services Funding PLC
THE RULES OF PRIORITY BETWEEN LEGAL MORTGAGES = their ranking on sale
REGISTERED LAND Registered charges have priority according to the date on which they are entered on the register (s.48 LRA 2002) UNREGISTERED LAND + deposit of title deeds binds the world without deposit of title deeds (puisne mortgage) needs protection as a C(i) land charge
THE LENDER’S REMEDIES – A FINAL NOTE ON EQUITABLE MORTGAGES • The remedies will be discretionary • A court order will be needed unless the equitable mortgage is by deed • for sale • to appoint a receiver • A court order may be needed for possession