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The register kept at HM Land Registry shows the true state of the title. The property register – this describes the estate in land which is registered (i.e. freehold or leasehold), identifies the property by a short verbal description (e.g. its postal address), and shows the physical area of the land which is the subject of the registration, usually by reference to a plan. A copy of the plan is supplied with the official copies of the Register entries. (more…)

“The development of a coherent set of principles to govern the informal acquisition of an interest in land has been frustrated by the courts’ apparent difficulties in distinguishing between concepts such as resulting and constructive trusts and the doctrine of proprietary estoppel.” (more…)