Coronavirus (COVID-19)—HM Land Registry updates practice guide 8 on execution of deeds

HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated practice guide 8, which deals with advice on the execution of deeds to be submitted to HMLR. In the practice guide, sections 2.1.1, 9 and 12 have been amended ‘to clarify elements of HMLR’s new practice relating to deeds that have ‘Mercury signatures’, particularly in relation to powers of attorney and forms DS1/DS3’.