... upon a definitive record of the rights and obligations relating to all land in England and Wales3. Consequently, the Land Registry Act (1862) introduced an early system of Land Registration. However, the system proved unworkable and an entirely new system was established by the Land Transfer Acts of 1875 and 18974. While it is true that the aims of the Royal Commission have never been fully met by the Land Registration Act (1925), the Act (and subsequent Acts) do go someway towards establishing a purposeful system for the regulation of transactions with land. The purpose of registration is to make the transfer of land simpler, quicker, cheaper and safer; it is the aim of this essay to determine the extent to which the main aims of the Acts have been met. At present there are effectively two systems of land ownership in this country which rest upon wholly different foundations5 - ...

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