As a current victim, along with others in Devon, the Church received land by donation for charitable uses, which when no longer needed should in law return to the original heirs of the donees. Also there are restrictions on what was unregistered land. Now the current victims in Devon, over land that had been sold, leaving an issue with easements that burden the land, and has not returned to original donees heirs, these strips of land end up hidden in offshore private trusts. I have made a Freedom of Information request to the Church asking for how much land has been returned. Apparently they claim they do not have to comply. The victims are innocent purchasers for value, who end up with dirty titles, have shared easements, and estate contracts, which are in our paper title deeds, but disappear on electronic registration.
As a current victim, along with others in Devon, the Church received land by donation for charitable uses, which when no longer needed should in law return to the original heirs of the donees. Also there are restrictions on what was unregistered land. Now the current victims in Devon, over land that had been sold, leaving an issue with easements that burden the land, and has not returned to original donees heirs, these strips of land end up hidden in offshore private trusts. I have made a Freedom of Information request to the Church asking for how much land has been returned. Apparently they claim they do not have to comply. The victims are innocent purchasers for value, who end up with dirty titles, have shared easements, and estate contracts, which are in our paper title deeds, but disappear on electronic registration.