Succession (Scotland) Act 2016 Explanatory Notes

Forfeiture

Section 13 – Protection for persons acquiring in good faith and for value

46.This section protects the title of a person who acquires property in good faith and for value, whether by purchase or otherwise, whose title would otherwise be challengeable by virtue of the forfeiture rule. For example where a third party has bought a house from a person who had inherited it from their spouse and that person is then convicted of murdering their spouse.

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