Wontner's Guide to Land Registry Practice

Supplies best practice guidance on all aspects of transactions involving land registration and searches at the Land Registry. Provides practical tips and advice for dealing with the Land Registry day-to-day. Offers solutions to common problems and warns of traps and pitfalls. Explains the underlying principles of the law of land registration. Incorporates the significant changes introduced by the Land Registraion (Amendment) Rules 2008. Takes account of changes arising from the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Companies Act 2006 and Commons Act 2006. Includes a complete list of HMLR forms and how to find them on the HMLR website. Gives guidance on how to handle objections to applications. Goes trough Stamp Duty Land Tax explaining how it works in practice. Table of contents: General features. Plans, maps and boundaries. Cautions against first registration. First registraion. Lost or destroyed deed. Adverse prossession. Covenatns, easements and profits a prendre. Inspections, officials copies and searches. Dealings generally. Transfers. Leases. Commonhold. Charges. Rent charges. Protection of third party rights. Home rights. Trusts, charities and settled land. Death. Insolvency. Building estates. Upgrading title. Alteration, adjudication and indemnity.