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Assistant Land Registrar Richard Heaney looks at the land registration aspects of transactions involving the use of a power of attorney There are numerous circumstances in which a person (the donor) may decide to draw up a power of attorney so as to enable another person (the attorney) to sign documents and to act on their behalf. This article is not intended to give a full overview of the various forms of power available, or the relevant statutory provisions governing their use. Instead it addresses some of the more common issues encountered by Land Registry when an attorney is acting in a conveyancing transaction. Lodging an application Although Land Registry will not enquire as to why a power has been granted, when registering a document signed by an attorney we need to be sure that the power binds the individual or company on whose behalf it was signed, and that it authorises the attorney to take the action in question. When lodging an application with Land Registry t...