ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with Law Commission report later, but the absence of firm proposals provides with an opportunity to consider the future of land registration from a broader perspective. It considers the material under three headings: the role of land registration reform so far; the proposals; and reforms under consideration. In 1985, the Law Commission recommended that the register be open for public inspection and again it took only three years before land registration reform was implemented in the Land Registration Act 1988. Everybody familiar with land registration is aware that overriding interests pose some of the most intractable problems. They involve a trade-off between two inconsistent factors: the fundamental objective of any registration system to ensure that purchasers are affected only by interests on the register and the reality that not all interests can be expected to be entered on the register.
