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Sir Robert Richard Torrens, GCMG (31 May 1812 [1] [a] – 31 August 1884), [3] also known as Robert Richard Chute Torrens, was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer, and land reformer. After a move to London in 1836, he became prominent in the early years of the Colony of South Australia , emigrating after being appointed to a civil service ...
After being introduced as a private member's bill by Sir Robert Richard Torrens, it was passed by both houses and assented to by the Governor of South Australia, on 27 January 1858. It was the first law in the world to institute what has become known as the Torrens Title system of property law, and is sometimes referred to as the "Torrens Title ...
The main benefit of the system is to enhance certainty of title to land and to simplify dealings involving land. Its name derives from Sir Robert Richard Torrens (1812–1884), who designed, lobbied for and introduced the private member's bill which was enacted as the Real Property Act 1858 in the province of South Australia, the first version ...
Land registration is governed by the Land Transfer Act 1952. [25] The Deeds system was introduced in 1841 [26] [27] and the Torrens system in 1870. [28] Both methods ran in parallel until 1924 when registration under the Land Transfer Act (Torrens system) became compulsory and a project to issue titles for all property was instituted. [29]
The system of registration adopted differed somewhat from that piloted in South Australia by that colony's then Premier Sir Robert Torrens, although both were founded on the 1857 report. Brent Spencer Follett , the first Chief Land Registrar, opened the Land Registry's first offices, at 34 Lincoln's Inn Fields , London, on 15 October 1862.
Sir Robert Torrens originated the system of land registration known today worldwide as the Torrens system of land registration. As the commissioner of customs in South Australia, Torrens was inspired by the comparative facility with which ships or undivided shares therein were negotiated and transferred in accordance with the Merchant Shipping Acts.
All Australian colonies (now states and territories) adopted the Torrens system of land registration of title between 1857 and 1875. The Torrens system was introduced first in South Australia by Sir Robert Richard Torrens, the Registrar-General of Deeds, through the Real Property Act 1858. [1]
Torrens' son Robert Richard Torrens, administrator and politician in South Australia, invented the Torrens title system of registering land titles, which is widely used in the British Commonwealth and other states (e.g. Iowa) and countries.