Readers who have been grappling with the complexities of the Land Registration Act 2002 may be interested in a response received to the following preliminary enquiry: 'Please give details of all discloseable overriding interests known to the seller which affect the property.' Reply given: 'There are no overriding interests apart from No.

123's cat (Bagpuss) who considers No.

125 just as much his home and will eat and sleep with us at will.

We grant him free access to our home so perhaps the buyer should be made aware in case any member of their household has an allergy etcetera, as they may come across him in a bed at any time!'

Paul Stevens, George Green Solicitors, Cradley Heath, West Midlands