land registration

Although the vast majority of land is now registered with the land registry, this has not always been the case. Therefore, there are still a number of properties and land across England and Wales that are unregistered.

You will have more rights and be better protected if your land is registered. If it is not, you could be at risk from potential claims now and in the future. It could also cause issues if you come to sell it at a later date. If you submit a voluntary land registration now, you will also pay a reduced land registry fee.

Registering your title comes with a number of benefits:

• It provides an official record of who owns the land (it identifies you as the rightful owner)
• It sorts out any potential problems in the title which may have been the subject of conditions of sale and enquiries
• It gives you much greater protection against claims on your land if someone were to encroach on it
• It helps cut the cost of conveyancing if you wish to transfer or sell the land at a later date
• It provides an official plan of the property or land
• It helps to prevent fraud, which can result from copying or withholding title deeds

We can help you to voluntarily register your land by providing any necessary legal advice and looking for any defects in the unregistered titles in order to rectify them during the registration process.