Land registry restriction

[this-is-it-then]

Hi everyone,

My husband's trustee in bankruptcy has applied for a restriction against our jointly owned property (only my husband is bankrupt).

It's my understanding that when a bankrupt person jointly owns property then the trustee can apply for a Form J but the paperwork we've received doesn't specifically state that a Form J has been applied for. Perhaps this is usual? I don't know but if it's called a Form J then why not state that it's a Form J?

Seems nothing is simple and so I'm wondering if anyone here can decipher the legal jargon and tell me if this is a Form J.

"The restriction sought

The applicant has applied for the following restriction to be entered in the register of your above title:

RESTRICTION: No disposition of the registered estate, other than a disposition by the proprietor of any registered charge registered before the entry of this restriction, is to be registered without a certificate signed by the applicant for registration or their conveyancer that written notice of the disposition was given to (insert name) trustee in bankruptcy...."

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Land Registry representative]

Yes - form J - see Practice Guide 19 for wording options and more details
NB - there is no paper Form J but standard restrictions are entitled form A, B, C and so on. It would be normal to refer to the whole wording and not the form.

Practice Guide 34 includes guidance around personal insolvency as well which may be of interest as required.

[this-is-it-then]

Many thanks for your reply LR rep.

We have to sign to consent to this application so I wanted to be sure that we've been sent the correct paperwork.

Thanks also for the guidance notes.