Letter: why so many rejections?

There is increasing discontent with the rejection practice being adopted by Registers of Scotland. I can find no colleague who thinks that the profession is being well served by this, and the increasing refusal to accept the slightest error, however de minimis, is damaging.

I have many examples, the latest of which is a rejection letter because the address of the applicant on the form stated that they lived at “XXX Farm” rather than “XXX Farm House”. The address on the disposition is correct. I fail to see how the former address of an applicant containing a small “error” on an application form (which is itself not registered) can affect the integrity of the register.

For what it is worth, I have looked at the legislation and all I can find is that the Keeper must register a deed if it is valid and accompanied by the prescribed form. I can find no reference that allows the Keeper to reject an application because of a (small) error in the form. I accept that a fundamental error in the form might trigger a rejection, but even then, I cannot see the legislative basis for this. It would be interesting to seek opinion to see if the Keeper is acting lawfully in adopting this practice.