Is an unregistered interest enforceable against a subsequent purchaser?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from The Corporation of the Municipality of Meaford v. Grist, 2011 ONSC 5195 (CanLII):
It has been long recognized that an unregistered interest in land lies within the policy of the Registry Act and was, in equity, enforceable against a subsequent purchaser, but only where there was actual notice: Peterkin v. McFarlane, [1884] O.J. No. 107, affirmed by [1885] S.C.J. No. 45; 13 S.C.R.
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