# Law of Property Act 1925, Paragraph 4


Any person who, immediately after the commencement of this Act, is entitled to an equitable interest capable of subsisting as a legal estate which has priority over any legal estate in the same land, shall be deemed to be entitled for the foregoing purposes to require a legal estate to be vested in him for an interest of a like nature not exceeding in extent or duration the equitable interest:
Provided that this paragraph shall not—
(a) apply where the equitable interest is capable of being over-reached by virtue of a subsisting trust for sale or a settlement;
(b) operate to prevent such person from acquiring any other legal estate under this Part of this Schedule to which he may be entitled.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/20/schedule/FIRST/part/II/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1925/schedule-FIRST/part-II/paragraph-4
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