The Electronic Age: Virtual Conveyancing and the Torrens Title System

Abstract

This paper describes and analyses a number of issues related to the potential impacts of electronic conveyancing on Torrens title in Australia. The first part of the paper concentrates on the challenges that electronic conveyancing brings to the operation of the land register, while the second part of me paper highlights some of the benefits that the proposed changes may bring. It is concluded that if the safety and security of electronic conveyancing prove to be workable, then the system has the capacity to enhance not only the conveyancing process but also the operation of the register and the title created by registration - Torrens title itself