In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:
No, Mick, not all land is registered. North Wales hasn't had compulsory registration for that long, and if these two farmers have had the land in their family for even ten years (I think; would need to check the exact date) then neither bit of land will be registered and the BMC couldn't have known by searching the Land Registry who owned it. Judging from the references to 'deeds' this was the position; you don't need title deeds if the property is registered. And I think the fly in the ointment's still the same chap who's always been opposed, though I could be wrong. if so presumably he's had his land since 1989 or whenever, so it definitely won't be registered.
It's not even true that a decent solicitor looking at the first farmer's deeds could have necessarily told you whether they truly demonstrated title to all the land, even if the BMC felt in a position to ask him. That's how boundary disputes happen and help make chaps like me a living.
Having said that, if the now-objector is the same objector as closed the crag 25 years ago (perhaps unrightfully, does it now appear?) then it might have been a good idea to contact him and say some other chap says he owns this crag after all, what do you say? But there might have been good reasons not to do that.
You're definitely right that the BMC would do well to have a tame solicitor on hand who understands land law for these sorts of situation, but then I dare say they do.
jcm