Chapter 6 Web links

Land Registry (2015) Land Registry Practice Guide 4—Adverse possession of registered land, available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adverse-possession-of-registered-land/practice-guide-4-adverse-possession-of-registered-land

This sets out the Land Registry procedure on adverse possession under the LRA 2002.

Land Registry (2015) Land Registry Practice Guide 5—Adverse possession of (1) unregistered land (2) registered land where a right to be registered was acquired before 13 October 2003, available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adverse-possession-of-1-unregistered-land-and-2-registered-land/practice-guide-5-adverse-possession-of-1-unregistered-and-2-registered-land-where-a-right-to-be-registered-was-acquired-before-13-october-2003

This sets out the law on applying under the old rules for registration of unregistered land that has been adversely possessed and registered land adversely possessed before the LRA 2002 came into force.

Law Commission/HM Land Registry (1998) Land Registration for the Twenty-First Century: A Consultative Document, Law Com No. 254, available online at http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/land-registration-for-the-21st-century/#land-registration-for-the-21st-century-consultation

See especially paras 10.1–10.19, which discuss the justification for adverse possession and go on to look at whether it should continue to exist in registered land.

Law Commission/HM Land Registry (2001) Land Registration for the Twenty-First Century: A Conveyancing Revolution, Law Com No. 271, available online at http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/app/uploads/2015/04/Lc271.pdf

Law Commission Law Commission Consultation Paper No 227 Updating The Land Registration Act 2002 available at https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/updating-the-land-registration-act-2002/

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