The Reform of Property Law and the Land Registration Act 2002: A Risk Assessment

Abstract

Assesses the impact of the substantive changes in the Land Registration Act 2002, designed to facilitate future e-conveyancing, on ordinary paper-based transactions. Examines the changes in Sch.1 and Sch.3 to the 2002 Act to the nature and types of categories of overriding interests in the Land Registration Act 1925 s.70(1). Discusses reform of the law of adverse possession in Part 9 of the 2002 Act. Highlights the new formalities for the creation and transfer of proprietary rights in registered land and the role of proprietary estoppel.

Keywords: Adverse possession, Electronic conveyancing, Formalities, Land registration, Overriding interests