04 May 2020
Priority Searches at Land Registry
Conveyancing and COVID-19 Updates
Members will be
aware of the Revised Emergency Practice Note from Land Registry dated 28th
April 2020.
The Society had
raised a query in response to this Note in relation to priority searches and whether
the Note constituted the re-opening of the Registry for the purposes of time
running for priority searches and Rule 188. It has been confirmed that the Note
does not constitute re-opening of
the Registry and time is not running
for priority searches. The Note dated 28th April 2020 has not
changed anything in this regard.