Land registration: Practice guides
Private trusts of land (PG24) Page summary: Guidance on applications to register transactions involving trustees of land, aimed at conveyancers (practice guide 24). Change made: Section 4.4 has been updated to include guidance for when digitally lodged applications include declaration of trust information in the eAP1. Time updated: 8:02am, 8 September 2025 Evidence of identity […]
NEW: Climate change – online training module for conveyancers
Legal Eye and Groundsure have partnered to produce a comprehensive, detailed guide to help conveyancers implement the Law Society’s 2025 Guidance Note on climate change, which also includes guidance on how to advise clients. The Guidance Note introduces new responsibilities for conveyancers requiring them to effectively discharge their duties in line with the guidance. It […]
Light at the end of the tunnel for ‘alarming’ rates of requisitions
HM Land Registry continue to grapple with an ‘alarming’ number of requisitions despite efforts to improve the quality of data submitted to the agency. The number of requisitions sent to conveyancers varied from 2.9 per 100 applications to 237 according to analysis of the publicly available data. Technology consultancy Novus Strategy took an average for […]
Bullying report a ‘moment of reckoning’ for the Bar
The report in to bullying and harassment within the Bar has concluded 36 recommendations to tackle what is described as a ‘culture of impunity’ by Baroness Harriet Harman KC, the report’s author. The review was commissioned in October 2024in the wake of research data from the Bar Council’s biennial survey of the profession, Barristers’ Working […]
HMLR receives award for Land Registration Academy
HM Land Registry has achieved a Princess Royal Training Award in recognition of its work in designing and implementing the Land Registration Academy training programme. The programme was designed to provide training and development to address the loss of experienced staff, and was singled out for recognition for the meaningful impact it has had on […]
Help reshape legal services at LSB’s London event
The Legal Services Board (LSB) is hosting an in-person event in London on 16th September to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the legal services sector. ‘Reshaping Legal Services’, hosted by Clifford Chance at the law firm’s 10 Upper Bank Street offices, will discuss the impact of AI and other innovative approaches to delivering services. […]