Estate administration

24Protection of persons acquiring title

1

This section applies where a person, in good faith and for value (whether by purchase or otherwise)—

a

acquires property which has vested, by virtue of confirmation, in an executor, and

b

acquires title to that property directly or indirectly—

i

from the executor, or

ii

from a person (“A”) who derived title directly from the executor.

2

It is not a ground of challenge to the title—

a

that the confirmation is reducible or has been reduced,

b

that the property was distributed in accordance with a will which, by virtue of section 3, has been rectified after distribution, or

c

where the title was acquired from A, that it should not have been transferred to A.