ABSTRACT
In Caribbean jurisdictions, as in England, the transfer of land by sale is essentially a two-stage process: (i) a binding contract of sale is drawn up and signed by both vendor and purchaser; (ii) ‘completion’ takes place by means of a conveyance of the legal title by the vendor to the purchaser (in the case of unregistered land), or a transfer of the title by the appropriate form (in the case of registered land). In unregistered land, the conveyance of the legal estate has the effect of immediately vesting the legal title in the purchaser, whereas in registered land the transfer of title is not final and complete until it is recorded in the Land Register.1
