A hostile reception for standard-form registrable leases
The current (unreformed) land registration regime requires the registration of leases granted for a term of more than 21 years. Under the Land Registration Act 2002, when the relevant provision is brought into force in October 2003, the corresponding figure will be reduced to seven years.
In the wake of that provision, and in the same consulting document as that mentioned in
While accepting that standardisation will be inevitable once e-conveyancing becomes the norm, Sue Highmore, of Linklaters, and Katherine Fenn, of Denton Wilde Sapte, roundly condemn these proposals as hopelessly premature, and demand that you tell that to the Land Registry right now.
Their technical objections to the proposals are clearly and powerfully voiced in
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A hostile reception for standard-form registrable leases
The current (unreformed) land registration regime requires the registration of leases granted for a term of more than 21 years. Under the Land Registration Act 2002, when the relevant provision is brought into force in October 2003, the corresponding figure will be reduced to seven years.
In the wake of that provision, and in the same consulting document as that mentioned in PP 2002/200, we have Land Registry proposals for a mandatory form for any lease destined for compulsory registration.
While accepting that standardisation will be inevitable once e-conveyancing becomes the norm, Sue Highmore, of Linklaters, and Katherine Fenn, of Denton Wilde Sapte, roundly condemn these proposals as hopelessly premature, and demand that you tell that to the Land Registry right now.
Their technical objections to the proposals are clearly and powerfully voiced in Make your voice heard Estates Gazette 12 October 2002, p174.
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PP 2002/199