About us
The Adjudicator is an independent judicial office created by the Land Registration Act 2002. The Adjudicator is Edward Cousins. There are over 30 deputy Adjudicators, of whom 3 are full time and the remainder are part time. The full time deputy Adjudicators are Ann McAllister, Owen Rhys and Michael Michell.
The service we provide to the public is to resolve disputes about registered land in England and Wales. Most of these disputes are referred to us by the Land Registry.
The Land Registry keeps and updates the register of titles to land in England and Wales. If a person wishes to alter the register that person will apply to the Land Registry to make that change.
The Land Registry will normally give notice of the application to others who may be interested in the land in question before making any changes. If somebody who is given notice objects to the application and the parties cannot resolve their dispute by agreement the Land Registry will refer the dispute to us unless it considers either the application or the objection to be groundless. We will then deal with it in a similar way to the way in which a court would do so.
We are completely separate from and independent of the Land Registry. If you want to find out more about the Land Registry, you can visit the Land Registry website 
Or you can check one of the other Land Registry sites by clicking on "Useful links" near the top of this page.
We also deal with applications to rectify, correct or cancel documents (for example a transfer) relating to registered land. These cases come to us directly from members of the public.
