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Legal estates and beneficial interests: what's the difference?

Posted by: Hayley Parfitt, Posted on: 16 August 2016 - Categories: Law and practice
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Customers frequently ask us about the difference between the legal estate and the beneficial interests in land. Assistant Land Registrar Hayley Parfitt provides an overview of the distinction between the two.

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