Building the service you need
Building the service you need
We’ve made real headway on improving our speed of registration but it remains our number one priority.
You're hired! My apprenticeship experience
Julie Dias of RNN Training presenting Georgie with her award for Apprentice of the Year In September 2014 I started my two-year apprenticeship at HM Land Registry's Telford office. Previously...
Helping Hannah
...friends started the hashtag #HanCan as a motivational tool to help her on the road to recovery. This soon became the name for the fundraising efforts at Coventry office. Various...
My birthday surprise
...Office; I remember the office in those days being so busy and confusing. Three years later, a new office was built down the road in Warton and half the staff...
A helping hand
...school is an International school with a variety of cultures and beliefs. When I first started helping at the school, I remember being very nervous. I was 23, and some...
A guide to cost-effective conveyancing
Zara Banday, Partner in the Residential Property Department at Slater Heelis, talks about the conveyancing process and how to get the most for your money.
Want to be a geek like me?
...Land Registry in 2004 following a seven-year stint at university. I did a year of Computing and Informatics and had a gap year before switching to studying a BEd in...
Me and my DRAGON
...a superuser or a champion (or should that be super DRAGON champion). At the start of my DRAGON journey, I didn't ever think we would get this far. "Window" and...
Lease extensions: how to avoid the most common issues
Here are some of the most frequently encountered issues we have with lease extensions which cause us to raise requisitions, with tips on how to avoid them.
A Land Registry lawyer on the Somme
...autumn. On 23 July Captain Lewis' battalion supported the Oxford regiment in taking German trenches at Pozieres under shell fire. Of the 650 who went into battle the battalion lost...
Legal estates and beneficial interests: what's the difference?
Customers frequently ask us about the difference between the legal estate and the beneficial interests in land. Assistant Land Registrar Hayley Parfitt provides an overview of the distinction between the two.