Consultation on future of Land Registry…coming soon?
It is quite widely known that Land Registry together with Ministry of Justice, the Shareholder Executive and Treasury have, over the last two years, been assessing the viability of private sector involvement in Land Registry in one form or another. This involvement ranges from business development partnerships to outsourcing arrangements to full privatisation KPMG recently […]
Summary Judgment for FSA in ‘Land Banking’ case
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has secured summary Judgment in the High Court against Stephen Watkins who was shown to have sold land illegally to UK consumers. This is what is known as ‘land banking,’ and whilst the FSA does not regulate the sale of land per se, land banking falls under ‘collective investment,’ for […]