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Non-UK entities (OEs) now need an Identification number (OE ID) to give to HM Land Registry when buying, selling or granting a lease for more than 7 years over, land in the UK. The OE ID can only be obtained once a ‘relevant person’ for the purposes of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 has verified the hain of ownership. We are authorised for this purpose as a relevant person.

The rules are complex and demanding, but imagine preparing for a civil trial in England, and collating the evidence to the required standard. Originals or sworn copies only, secondary sources inadmissible, government documents only, etc.

Both the OE and we are liable to criminal penalties if we get this wrong. And of course no one is going to buy a property from a non-verified OE as the purchase will not be registered at HM Land Registry, which means the purchaser has nothing but a claim against the selling OE.