Who has the right to apply to the Land Registry for cancellation of a Unilateral Notice?

• A. The buyer's solicitor alone can apply to cancel.
• B. The mortgagee alone can apply to cancel.
• C. The Land Registry automatically cancels after a period.
• D. The registered proprietor (seller) has the right to apply to cancel the Unilateral Notice.

Answer: (B)

A unilateral notice is a warning placed on the register by someone who has an interest in the land to protect that interest from being overridden by future dealings. The right to cancel this notice sits with the party who created it—the mortgagee—because the notice protects the mortgagee’s security. Once the debt is repaid or the security is released, the mortgagee can apply to the Land Registry to cancel the notice. The buyer’s solicitor doesn’t have a basis to cancel someone else’s protective interest, the Land Registry doesn’t cancel automatically after a period, and the registered proprietor isn’t typically entitled to cancel a notice that protects another’s interest.