Easement entries in the register of title: promoting consistency
We are improving the description of easements in title registers to ensure greater consistency, clarity and accuracy for all users.
Law and practice
Asking for guidance part 4: A case of distribution in kind
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Mike Harrison, Senior Caseworker, Registration Services, Posted on:
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Law and practice
In which our expert caseworker considers an unusual question involving panel 8 of form TR1.
How caseworkers investigate easements
A senior caseworker explains how HM Land Registry colleagues investigate easements, focusing on the importance of clear definitions and common problems with the power to grant.
Explaining easements – making the correct applications
Easements – the rights enjoyed by one landowner over land owned by another – are an important legal interest and a complex area of land law. Ensuring you make the correct applications should mean you avoid many of the most serious difficulties that can arise.
We are simplifying the registration of personal covenants
We are standardising references to personal covenants, with documents available for immediate download via the portal.
The scale and cost of requisitions
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Ilia Bowles, Head of Directorate Planning, HM Land Registry Service Delivery, Posted on:
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Law and practice
A detailed look at the scale and cost of requisitions – and how we can work together to minimise the number raised.
How are we reducing the number of requisitions we send?
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Ilia Bowles, Head of Directorate Planning, HM Land Registry Service Delivery, Posted on:
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Find out more about the measures we’re taking to tackle requisitions at source.
Asking for guidance part 3: The case of the curious caution
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Mike Harrison, Senior Caseworker, Registration Services, Posted on:
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Law and practice
We explore a caution relating to a tithe in this, our third Ask for Guidance case study.
We’ll need the original deeds
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Matthew Davison, Operations Process Lead, and Richard Connolly, Improvement Lead, Registration Services, Posted on:
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Law and practice
From October, we will no longer accept conveyancer applications for first registration based entirely on certified copies of title deeds and documents.
Changes to our address for service policy and practices
Our new requirement aims to increase clarity and consistency, and reduce requisitions.