Edwin Lee refers in his letter to an increase in property fraud.

The cause of it is not so much the open register, but HM Land Registry’s decision to do away with documentary proof of land ownership.

A person who rents a property from an overseas landlord need only assume the identity of the owner in order to sell it.

Land and charge certificates should be brought back before matters get out of hand.

Anthony Shuttleworth, Menneer Shuttleworth, Bexhill on Sea