Reasons for making searches -- Liability on searches -- National Land Information Service -- Home information packs -- Pre-contract enquiries of the seller -- Local land charges -- Enquiries of the local authority -- Drainage and water enquiries -- Index map searches -- Pre-contract central land charges search -- Company search -- Common registration search -- Inspection and application for official copies -- Environmental data search -- Disadvantaged area seach -- Introduction to less common seaches -- Railways -- Agricultural credits search -- Rent registers -- Corn rent and corn annuities -- Chancel repairs -- Enrolled deeds -- Index of proprietors -- Enduring power of attorney -- Waterways -- Pipelines and cables -- Building societies, friendly societies, charities and trade unions -- Bankruptcy -- Boundaries -- Index of relating franchises and manors -- Miscellaneous registers and records -- Coal mining -- Tin mining -- Clay -- Brine -- LImestone -- Probate -- Pre-completion searches in the Land Charges Department -- Search of register at HM Land Registry -- Other pre-completion searches

Discusses new developments affecting the processes of conducting searches and enquiries, including the increased use of electronic search facilities and the increase in the number of personal searches. Discusses the implications of the Land Registration Act 2002