Land Registry Rejections, Cancellations & Requisitions - An Overview for Conveyancers

Introduction

After all the hard work finally to get the job completed, this is not the time to relax and feel you can put the file away. Your Land Registry application is fraught with hazards and if you get it wrong and the application is flawed you will have to deal with requisitions from the Registry and possibly face your entire application being rejected.

Both your client and the lender, and your firm, may be left in an exposed position. It is timely to consider how such problems might be avoided.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• A review and explanation of Land Registry requirements, how and when they raise requisitions and how you ought to respond to them
• Particular cases and examples including:
• Powers of attorney
• Searches in the Land Charges Register
• Where there are joint owners - taking full instructions and never rely on assumptions
• Joint Ownership - severance
• Problems around execution
• Leases, Plans, Charges and Discharge
• Companies, Consents and Certificates
• Amendments, Missing Deeds and early Completion
• Forms, Prescribed Clauses and SDLT
• Time limits, extensions and liability
• The Registration Gap
• Conclusiveness of the Register - a reason requisitions are raised and thus avoiding claims for rectification
• Conveyancing Protocol 2019 - on registration
• Land Registry Guidance - Avoidable and Unavoidable Requisitions
• A Checklist - what to do before submitting your application
• Electronic signatures and Practice Guide 82

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.