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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published a factsheet outlining implementation plans for the Renters’ Rights Act...
HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated two practice guides: Practice Guide 63—The land charges registers and agricultural credits register: registration,...
The New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) has published its 2025 Impact Report, outlining its progress in expanding the New Homes Quality Code (NHQC),...
The City of London Law Society (CLLS) Land Law Committee has published a 2026 update to the eighth edition of its Certificate of Title suite of...
Severance of a joint tenancySeverance is the process by which a joint tenancy is converted into a tenancy in common. It is a matter of evidence...
What is a certificate of title?A certificate of title (also known as a certificate on title) is a particular species of report on title.When...
Indemnity covenants in property transfersThis Practice Note looks at when an indemnity covenant should be given in a transfer of land. For general...
Resulting trustsResulting trusts represent one of the three types of trust which do not require to be declared or evidenced in writing. The others are...
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Is it possible to claim adverse possession to land owned by a council, but incorporated in the claimant’s private garden by a retaining wall? The retaining wall was built by the council in the 1980s and there has been no effort made by the council to take their land back.This Q&A is relevant to
Is a deed of variation of a registered lease a disposition for the purposes of a Land Registry restriction which prohibits dispositions without the consent of a third party?Section 40(1) of the Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA 2002) provides for entries in the register preventing or regulating the
Title pending registration—acting on the acquisition of an interest in landThis Practice Note sets out the legal position if a party disposing of an interest in land (the seller) is not registered as the proprietor at HM Land Registry and has either:•made an application to be registered as the
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