Land Registration Manual is an authoritative source of technical and practical advice on all matters relating to registered land and interests affecting it.
The book’s alphabetical (A to Z) approach allows practitioners to focus on the specific topic they are dealing with, knowing that the book will provide useful background commentary, along with clear guidance on the form and content of relevant Land Registry applications specific to that topic. The topics are geared to aspects of day–to-day practice rather than academic areas of law – making the book more accessible and more relevant to the needs of busy practitioners.
Fully updated to take account of all the changes in land registration law and practice arising both from legislative changes (including those introduced by the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2018 Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 and arising as a result of Brexit) and case law (such as Antoine v Barclays Bank PLC [2018] EWCA Civ 2846 and Brown v Ridley [2025] UKSC 7). This new edition covers the usual subjects, but also many less frequently encountered topics which are often not covered elsewhere. Its coverage extends not only from transfers to leases, but from bare trusts to franchises; options to powers of attorney; and chancel repair to embankments and sea walls. Each topic contains accurate commentary to aid understanding and clear guidance on the relevant applications which may need to be made to complete a transaction or protect a client’s interests.
This edition includes several new topics, including electronic signatures, land transparency and the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 and maladministration. The book also contains all the current versions of the standard form restrictions and the prescribed lease clauses, along with a list of Land Registry forms and other useful information, making Land Registration Manual an invaluable ‘one-stop’ source of guidance for busy practitioners at all levels of experience, enabling them to research topics and deal with matters quickly, efficiently and effectively.
Review - Law Society Gazette May 2026
“…has built my confidence in some of the more esoteric areas of the art of getting your clients’ information on paper, in the correct fashion, at HMLR HQ…readable, navigable…has taught me something about the Leasehold Reform Act, about accretion and diluvion, and about Crown foreshore…giving details of what information must be included in transactional documents, and how to approach registration, this sizeable book has everything from the antique to the truly modern…will be keeping this one next to my conveyancing handbook, book on covenants, legal dictionary…It is not about how to fill the forms in – it is about how to do your job in a way that means that your clients can be protected.”
Review - New Law Journal May 2026
“..what is needed when the pressure is on practitioners to provide answers to problems at an ever-increasing rate and speed, is a book which supplies the answers to those problems in a compact and easy to follow form.This book satisfies that requirement…highly recommended to all those dealing with real property advice, dispute resolution and litigation…one final comment in support of this book: made at a time when AI and online legal resource and research materials are being used—sometimes with disastrous results—more frequently than the traditional means of research, such as through textbooks. While hard-copy or online textbooks may be seen as old fashioned, this book proves the contrary. The combination of a clear, authoritative and comprehensive text with an easy-to-follow structure means that the traditional research resource represented by this book is an essential piece of kit for the practitioner in the field of land registration…highly recommended to all those dealing with real property advice, dispute resolution and litigation…at £95, it is also a bargain! Andrew Francis, New Law Journal Review
