SOLICITORS' £4,000,000.
a LEGAL "CLOG" OX THE TUAXsVui! 0 OF LAN D. D London, .Inly l.">. (.i Lord Halsbury, the ox-Lord Chancel- . lor, and Lord Lyreburn, tlio prc.sent 5 Lord CluiHcellor, agreed in the House of Lords yesterday tliat the system of land transfer in a scandal. A remedy is to be found. , Lord Lorelnirn said the, system was , unique in its obscurity and cost. Aprirt ( from stamp and Government duties, the . solicitors' costs and charges out-of-poc- , ket in transfer of landed property / amounted to four millions a year. The sulYerercs were the landowners and the purchasers of land. It was a clog upon landed property, especially hard upon poor people who desired to purchase their houses or buy small pieces of land. There was the opposition of the vested interests concerned, and the aversion from learning a new system which wacharacteristic of the legal profession. , lie had a Rill almost, ready. It was possible for the. Government to set up registries all over Kngland under which not, tlip deeds but the actual ownership or right of possession could be recorded, and. the Government would olt'er to ayy purchaser a guarantee of the title.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 82, 27 September 1911, Page 6
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194SOLICITORS' £4,000,000. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 82, 27 September 1911, Page 6
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