Clarke & Greer: Land Law Directions 
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Land Registry (2005) Easements, Practice Guide 62, available online at http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/assets/library/documents/lrpg062.pdf
This guide sets out the rules on registration of easements. It is quite technical, but useful if you want to check whether a particular easement should have been registered.
Land Registry (2006) Easements Claimed by Prescription, Practice Guide 52, available online at: http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/assets/library/documents/lrpg052.pdf
This guide gives clear guidance on how the Land Registry deals with claims for easements by prescription. It also gives a very clear outline of the law on prescription.
www.lawcom.gov.uk/easements.htm
This page of the Law Commission’s website contains details of its project to propose reforms of the law on covenants and easements.
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