| 1 | Acquiring land by adverse possession This practice note explains the elements needed to establish adverse possession: factual possession and intention to possess. It also links to two practice notes on the procedure for claiming title to land by adverse possession: Adverse possession and the Land Registration Act 2002. This explains the regime for adverse possession in relation to registered land under the Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA 2002), which came into force on 13 October 2003. Adverse possession before the Land Registration Act 2002. This explains the regime for adverse possession as it used to apply to both registered and unregistered land, and which will continue to apply to unregistered land. The law on adverse possession as it stood before the LRA 2002, continues to apply to registered land where the possession relied upon is for a period of at least 12 years ending before 13 October 2003. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 2 | Adverse possession and the Land Registration Act 2002 A note on the law relating to adverse possession following the Land Registration Act 2002, which came into force on 13 October 2003. The note contains links to flow charts on the squatter's entitlement to make an application for registration as proprietor and on the squatter's entitlement to be registered. It also includes a list of action points for consideration by the landowner and the squatter. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | Adverse possession toolkit A toolkit to guide users around PLC Property materials on adverse possession. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Ask the Team: Why should the buyer ask for a letter of non ... An article answering the question why a buyer should ask for a letter of non-crystallisation even where the floating charge has not been registered at the Land Registry. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Boundaries and boundary rules A practice note explaining the general boundaries rule, and the rules for fixing boundaries under the Land Registration Act 1925 and the Land Registration Act 2002. The note also sets out the more commonly used boundary presumptions relating to roadways, hedges and ditches, non-tidal rivers and streams, tidal rivers and streams, lakes and the sea-shore. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Cautions against first registration under the Land Registration ... This practice note explains the law and practice relating to cautions against first registration under the Land Registration Act 2002. It sets out the law as it has applied since 13 October 2003. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Chancel repair liability after 12 October 2013 A note on chancel repair liability, changes to its status as an overriding interest and implications for those owning or purchasing land on or after 13 October 2013. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Co-ownership and trusts of land toolkit A toolkit to guide users around PLC materials on jointly owned land and drafting, interpreting and negotiating a declaration of trust. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 9 | Confirmation of identity: Land Registry requirements A practice note on the Land Registry's requirements on the confirmation of identity and the production of identity evidence, including practical implications of the new regime. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Creating leases after exchanging a contract for sale A note on the remedies available to a buyer, where the seller has created an unregistrable lease after exchanging contracts for sale. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Dealings with registered land under the Land Registration Act ... This practice note: Explains the powers of an owner of registered land. Looks at which dispositions of registered land must be registered. Covers the forms and procedures for making Land Registry searches and applications. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Dispositions by operation of law: Land Registry requirements A note on the registration requirements for dispositions by operation of law of registered and unregistered land. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Drafting property transfers toolkit A toolkit to guide users around PLC Property materials that may assist when drafting transfers of property. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 14 | Exempt charities: overview A practice note on charities that are exempt from registering with the Charity Commission. It describes the key features of exempt charities, which institutions are exempt charities, how exempt charities are regulated, and the identity and role of principal regulators. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 15 | Exempt information documents A practice note on making applications to the Land Registry for the designation of a document as an exempt information document. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | First registration of title under the Land Registration Act 1925 This practice note covers the old law and practice relating to compulsory and voluntary first registration of title under the Land Registration Act 1925. The Land Registration Act 1925 was repealed on 13 October 2003 by the Land Registration Act 2002. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | First registration of title under the Land Registration Act 2002 This Practice note explains the application of the Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA 2002) and the Land Registration Rules 2003 as amended by the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 (LRAR 2008) to the compulsory and voluntary first registration of title to unregistered land. It also covers the more practical aspects, such as the forms to be used. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Introduction of e-conveyancing This practice note tracks significant developments relating to the introduction of e-conveyancing (which has been placed on hold for the immediate future by the Land Registry). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Land Registry applications toolkit A toolkit to guide users around PLC Property materials related to Land Registry applications. The toolkit includes links to materials on: Information held by the Land Registry. Protecting interests in land by registration. Issues that arise where an application for registration has not been completed. Land Registry requirements for documents and applications. Contractual provisions in property documents relating to registration issues. Varying and removing registered interests. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 20 | Land Registry fees toolkit A toolkit to guide users round materials on Land Registry fees, including information both on the current regime and on previous fee scales. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 21 | Land Registry forms An information note listing current Land Registry forms. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 22 | Land Registry online flood risk indicator for private citizens A practice note on the Land Registry online flood risk indicator which examines what is covered by the search as well as some of the alternative ways of assessing the risk to property from coastal and river flooding. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 23 | Land Registry practice guides An information note listing current Land Registry practice guides, public guides, reference cards, practice bulletins and other guidance. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | Options over land This practice note looks at the main characteristics of call options over land and their advantages to developers and landowners. It considers how they differ from other types of options and from pre-emption agreements and conditional contracts. It also covers technical legal issues and registration requirements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | Overriding interests and the Land Registration Act 2002 Overriding interests are a statutory creation, initially under the Land Registration Act 1925, which was replaced by the Land Registration Act 2002, supported by the Land Registration Rules 2003. Overriding interests are not protected on the land register but bind any person who acquires an interest in that land. This Practice note explains the different categories of overriding interest under the Land Registration Act 1925 and the Land Registration Act 2002. It contains important action points for practitioners to take to protect those overriding interests that will be phased out with effect from 13 October 2013, and to safeguard interests on an acquisition of land subject to overriding interests. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 26 | Personal liability of PCC members, as charity trustees, for ... A note explaining how members of a Parochial Church Council (PCC) may become personally liable if their PCC does not enforce rights in respect of chancel repairs. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 27 | Prescribed clauses leases This practice note looks at the use of prescribed clauses in property leases and how the clauses should be completed. It also covers subsidiary issues such as making exempt information document applications in relation to prescribed clauses leases and dealing with any errors made in the prescribed clauses. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 28 | Probate: transferring a deceased's equitable interest in land A note on what is required to transfer a deceased's equitable interest in land to a beneficiary under either a will or the intestacy rules. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 29 | Property contracts: completion A practice note on the issues to consider when drafting and negotiating clauses in freehold or leasehold property sale contracts that deal with completion. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 30 | Property contracts: protecting the contract A practice note on the issues to consider when drafting and negotiating a provision in a property sale contract to protect the buyer's interest in the contract between exchange and completion. In most instances, the sale contract does not need to deal with the possibility that the buyer may register the contract. The note gives examples of situations where specific contractual provisions might be appropriate. The note also briefly considers when it might be appropriate for the seller to protect the contract. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 31 | Property transactions involving limited liability partnerships A note on the practical implications of dealing with a limited liability partnership in connection with property transactions including Land Registry issues. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 32 | Protection of third party rights under the Land Registration Act ... This practice note covers the old law and practice relating to protection of third party rights under the Land Registration Act 1925. The Land Registration Act 1925 was repealed on 13 October 2003 by the Land Registration Act 2002. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 33 | Protection of third party rights under the Land Registration Act ... This practice note explains how to protect third party rights under the Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA 2002). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 34 | Restrictive covenants This practice note on restrictive covenants covers: The essential characteristics of a restrictive covenant. How to check whether a covenant is valid and enforceable. Various ways of dealing with existing covenants, including indemnity insurance and Lands Tribunal applications. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 35 | Site Assembly - mapping tools to make it easier A practice note on the commercial mapping services that make site assembly and development planning easier, more accurate and cheaper. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 36 | The Land Registration Act 2002 A note on materials on the Land Registration Act 2002. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 37 | The day list, priority searches and outline applications This practice note explains: The operation of the Land Registry day list in relation to pending applications and priority searches.How and when an outline application can be made to reserve priority for an interest that cannot be protected by an official priority search. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 38 | The registration gap and the case of Brown and Root A Practice note on the legal and drafting implications of the gap in time between the date of a transfer and the date of registration of the transfer at the Land Registry. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 39 | Transfers of equity A practice note on transfers of equity. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 40 | Who is the competent landlord during the registration gap for ... A note on who is the competent landlord for the purposes of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 in the period between completion and registration of a transfer. | Practice notes | Maintained |