In Pilcher v Rawlins(1872) 7 Ch App 259, James LJ regarded it as 'established law' that a plea of purchase for valuable consideration without notice is an absolute, unqualified, unanswerable defence and an unanswerable plea to the jurisdiction of this court.

By reference to detailed case authority, critically analysethe means by which third party interests in unregistered land are protected with particular reference tothe Bona Fide Purchaser rule, Land Charges and the Doctrine of Overreaching.