Issue: April 2025

HMLR – guidance

April 2025 | Conveyancing

Note that HMLR has issued useful guidance on using its digital service including: portal guidance; Business Gateway guidance; applying for HMLR digital services; and development roadmap. Link to resources: www.gov.uk/government/collections/using-hm-land-registrys-digital-services. There is also additional guidance on: requisitions; illustrative plans; office addresses; lender services; local land charges (LLC); get emails about HM Land Registry; and report …

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Public law – proceedings

April 2025 | Family

The LA applied for a care order in relation to a six-year-old (P). The application emanated from lengthy private children proceedings. The LA had eventually become involved and P was removed from M’s care in October 2023 under an interim care order. At the hearing for an interim order, there was a wealth of evidence …

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Practice – CoP accredited legal representatives

April 2025 | Wills, probate and administration

The Law Society has published a new PN with detailed advice on the role of an accredited legal representative (ALR) in the CoP. It applies only where the ALR is acting for P, the subject of the proceedings where P has been joined as a party. Anyone wishing to act as an ALR must be …

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HMLR – PG4

April 2025 | Conveyancing

HMLR has updated PG4 (Adverse possession of registered land). Section 5.5 Charges has been split into section 5.5.1 Existing charges affecting the adversely possessed land and section 5.5.2 Charges created by the squatter. The aim is to clarify that HM Land Registry will not automatically register a charge affecting any adjoining land owned by the …

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Child maintenance – declaration of non-parentage

April 2025 | Family

J was granted a declaration of non-parentage in respect of 16-year-old twins he was financially supporting. The children were born as a result of IVF treatment in Cyprus. The parties married in April 2008, three months before the twins were born. Sadly, they separated in 2009 and J had no contact with the twins since …

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HMLR – PG5

April 2025 | Conveyancing

HMLR has made a corresponding change to PG5 (Adverse possession of (1) unregistered land and (2) registered land where a right to be registered was acquired before 13 October 2003). Section 5.7 has been added to clarify that HM Land Registry will not automatically register a charge affecting any adjoining land owned by the squatter …

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HMLR – PG83

April 2025 | Conveyancing

HMLR issued a new PG on 10 March 2025: PG83: Alteration. This guide provides information about the purposes for which the register may be altered, either by the court or the registrar, under Schedule 4 to the Land Registration Act 2002. It also provides information about how to make an application for alteration, as well …

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Financial remedies – conduct; company assets

April 2025 | Family

A party’s poor conduct, including persistent abusive communications, was not ‘exceptional’ enough to impact the final financial award. The key issue in dispute in this high-value case was the valuation of a company. The parties had been married for 19 years and had 12-year-old twins who lived with W. W had applied for financial remedies …

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NRAM – a reminder

April 2025 | Conveyancing

In this case, the CA considered the legislative scheme set out in Sch 4 to the LRA 2002 and the power it confers on the court to make alterations to the register for the purpose of correcting a mistake or bringing the register up to date. Northern Rock lent money to the borrowers, but not …

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