... system of conveyancing which required eventual registration of title to all land. It tried to solve the pre-1926 conveyancing problem which was the hazard to the purchaser of the doctrine of notice. To understand what the doctrine of notice is, a good starting point is to give a brief description of how land was dealt with before this 1925 legislation and from there try to establish whether LRA 1925 reproduces this doctrine. Pre-1925 situation Before 1925, the processes involved in purchase of land were quite complicated. The basic principle at that time was that a purchaser of land was always bound by legal estates and interests in land (rights 'in rem'). In other words, if a legal right affected the land, then any person who purchased that land was bound by that right irrespective if he had notice of it before buying that land. It was therefore crucial for the buyer to ...

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