• The registers in the LR: there are 3 distinct registers concerning the ownership of land: (i) register of freehold land; (ii) register of leasehold interests; and (iii) register of the ownership of incorporeal hereditaments held in gross (profits etc.). Incorporeal hereditaments are basically intangible rights like easements and profits (right of way, right to lay an ESB cable etc.). Those not held in gross are registered against freehold or leasehold interests. • Mirror principle: Section 31 1964 Registration of Title Act (ROTC64) provides that the register is conclusive evidence of the landowner's title and any right, privilege, appurtenance or burden as it appears on the register; doctrine of notice therefore does not apply, only in the absence of actual fraud will the registered title be affected by notice of a deed, document or matter relating to the land. In the case of fraud or mistake the court can order rectification on what terms it considers just. • Section 69 ROTC64 Burdens (e.g. court judgments, easements, profits, covenants relating to the use of the land, freehold covenants under Section 43 Land Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (LCLRA09) and charges): shows the mirror principle in operation. These are third party rights which must be registered in order to bind purchasers for value. The purchaser for value is only bound by those rights on the folio. If you hold one of these rights you must register and the purchaser is only obliged to check the folio. • Section 72 ROTC64 Burdens: similar to Section 69 burdens but undermine the mirror principle (sometimes called a ‘crack in the mirror’). Here, the purchaser for value will be bound whether these interests are registered or not, and as such, these interests override the register