Land Registration Act 1925 And The Land Registration Act 1925

The Land Registration Act 1925 was introduced in order to simplify conveyance by placing all information about an estate in land on register which show a mirror of the title to a purchase in a single document called a Title Information Documents. Before property legislation brought into force, the mechanics of conveyancing were obstruct by formalism and surround with danger for all but the most conscientious purchaser. The reliance on title deeds to prove ownership of land was both inconvenient and, for the purchaser, an expensive way to prove title. Land Registration Act 1925, in conjunction with the Law of Property Act 1925 and the Settled Land Act 1925, sought to simplify and codify. It aimed to bring certainty and equality but instead of doing so, it was uncertainty and inequality. In view of this, the Land Registered Act 1925 was repealed and replaced by the Land Registration Act 2002. It seeks to reinforce these goals and make the system fits for all the modern century and electronic age. The basic principle of the Land Registration Act 1925, and now the LRA 2002 is that the Act is total registration, that is, to bring all land in England and Wales on the register and guaranteed by the state as soon as possible. After it was replaced it has dramatically increased triggers for the first registration in order to speed up the process of land registration. Currently over 80 per cent of all potentially registrable titles are in fact registered.

One of the main aims of repealing the LRA 1925 was to transform the Land Register into an entirely electronic registry system which ‘should be a complete and accurate reflection of the state of the title of the land at any given time, so that it is possible to investigate title to lan...

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...against first registration is being phased out; by which after 2 years no applications will be taken and those in the previous 2 years cancelled, meaning that upon sale the property must be registered. The categories of adverse possession and overriding interests have been tapered. In the circumstance of possible adverse possession it clearly lay out between who is an adverse possessor and those that have a legal right in the property. It also makes compulsory application for title by the adverse possessor after 10 years which will be rejected, the court will notify the paper owner and if after 2 years the adverse possession is not ended the title will be given to the adverse possessor. Overriding interests have been narrowed and certain categories, such as legal easements have been made compulsory to register therefore confirming the easy access to conveyancing.