Title theft protection services

This month’s CPI Update includes an item in relation to private sector prevention against property fraud in the form of the Gatekeeper Protection Service. See Protect Your Property.

The Land Registry comments on its website that “Land Registry is aware of third parties offering title theft protection services. One of these has directly referred to Land Registry on their website and in their publicity material. Land Registry has no direct association or involvement with such websites/publicity and we are considering what action we need to take (if any) in order to safeguard our reputation and protect our customers.” Perhaps introduce some form of land certification…?