Responding to land fraud: should Torrens compensation scheme be introduced in Malaysia

• Main Author: Syed Abdul Kader, Sharifah Zubaidah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: e-International Publishing House Ltd. UK 2022
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/115612/1/115612_Responding%20to%20land%20fraud.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/115612/; https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=98c5db19-04e9-41a3-9f40-ad5aa15a4a3a

In Malaysia, land fraud continues to be a risk to landowners. Unfortunately, current legal redresses are insufficient to protect the interests of the land fraud victims. This research explores the need to introduce a compensation scheme as part of the Torrens system in Malaysia to provide statutory monetary compensation to land fraud victims. This paper employs library-based doctrinal study and comparative legal analysis. This research resolves that a compensation scheme should be established as one of the risk mitigations measures in facing land fraud.