Essays in Conveyancing and Property Law in Honour of Professor Robert Rennie
Essays in Conveyancing and Property Law in Honour of Professor Robert Rennie

Author: Frankie McCarthy

Publisher: Open Book Publishers

Published: 2015-05-11

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1783741473

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Professor Robert Rennie has been one of the most influential voices in Scots private law over the past thirty years. Highly respected as both an academic and a practitioner, his contribution to the development of property law and practice has been substantial and unique. This volume celebrates his retirement from the Chair of Conveyancing at the University of Glasgow in 2014 with a selection of essays written by his peers and colleagues from the judiciary, academia and legal practice. Each chapter covers a topic of particular interest to Professor Rennie during his career, from the historical development of property law rules through to the latest developments in conveyancing practice and the evolution of the rules of professional negligence. Although primarily Scottish in focus, the contributions will have much of interest to lawyers in any jurisdiction struggling with similar practical problems, particularly those with similar legal roots including the Netherlands and South Africa. As a whole, the collection is highly recommended to students, practitioners and academics.

The Impact of eConveyancing on Title Registration
The Impact of eConveyancing on Title Registration

Author: Gabriel Brennan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-07

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 3319103415

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This work is an assessment of how to manage risk in property transactions in the context of the move from paper-based to electronic conveyancing (eConveyancing). In particular the focus is on risks that impact on title registration, and the security, protection or lack thereof that this registration offers to land owners, third parties and property claimants. The impact is the extent to which a change in the transactional process may unintentionally affect risk (being the consequence of change and the likelihood of that consequence having a negative effect). The risks are identified, analysed and evaluated against the backdrop of title registration and the development of eConveyancing through a comparative analysis of the systems in Ireland and Ontario, while also referencing other developing electronic systems around the globe.

The Privatisation of Biodiversity?
The Privatisation of Biodiversity?

Author: Colin T. Reid

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2016-08-26

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1783474440

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Current regulatory approaches have not prevented the loss of biodiversity across the world. This book explores the scope to strengthen conservation by using different legal mechanisms such as biodiversity offsetting, payment for ecosystem services and conservation covenants, as well as tradable development rights and taxation. The authors discuss how such mechanisms introduce elemhents of a market approach as well as private sector initiative and resources. They show how examples already in operation serve to highlight the design challenges, legal, technical and ethical, that must be overcome if these mechanisms are to be effective and widely accepted.

Land Law
Land Law

Author: Ben McFarlane

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 1251

ISBN-13: 0198722842

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An authoritative course text designed to provide a standalone resource for students. It contains a blend of carefully selected key cases, legislation and academic debate linked by substantial author commentary.

New Perspectives on Land Registration
New Perspectives on Land Registration

Author: Amy Goymour

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-02-08

Total Pages: 597

ISBN-13: 1509906045

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The Land Registration Act 2002 has been in force for almost fifteen years. When enacted, the legislation, which replaced the Land Registration Act 1925, was intended to offer a clear and lasting framework for the registration of title to land in England and Wales. However, perhaps confounding the hopes of its drafters, the legislation's interpretation and application has since generated many unanticipated problems which demand attention. In this book's twenty chapters, leading land law scholars, Law Commissioners past and present, judges, and Registry lawyers unpick key technical controversies, and expose underlying theoretical and policy concerns. Core issues addressed in these chapters include: the legitimate ambitions of registration regimes; the nature and security of title afforded by registration; the resolution of priority disputes affecting registered titles; the relationship between the general law and the registration regime; and new challenges presented by modern technological developments.

Conveyancing Handbook
Conveyancing Handbook

Author: Frances Silverman

Publisher: The Law Society

Published: 2017-09-04

Total Pages: 1558

ISBN-13: 178446094X

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The Law Society's Conveyancing Handbook presents the latest guidance in residential conveyancing and is a crucial resource for answering queries arising from day-to-day transactions. It is revised annually by a team of experts, directed by an editorial board and edited by Frances Silverman.The 24th edition includes: a new chapter on conveyancing of shared ownership property a new chapter on Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) the new third edition of the Standard Commercial Property Conditions the Law Society's Model Property Report and Consumer Lease Report.

The New Law of Land Registration
The New Law of Land Registration

Author: Elizabeth Cooke

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2003-09-17

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1847316867

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This book is an examination of the law of land registration in England and Wales, in the light of the Land Registration Act 2002, and in particular at the way land registration is influenced by, and in turn influences, the evolution of land law as a whole. It examines the legal problems that have arisen in connection with land registration and considers the effect of the 2002 statute, drawing extensively upon the law in other jurisdictions and considering possibilities for future development. This is a book which will be essential reading for students, their teachers, and practitioners who will have to grapple with the intricacies of the new Act when it comes into force.

Shale Gas and the Future of Energy
Shale Gas and the Future of Energy

Author: John C. Dernbach and James R. May

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2016-02-26

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 178347615X

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The rapid growth of shale gas development has led to an intense and polarizing debate about its merit. This book asks and suggests answers to the question that has not yet been systematically analysed: what laws and policies are needed to ensure that shale gas development helps to accelerate the transition to sustainability? In this groundbreaking book, more than a dozen experts in policy and academia assess the role that sustainability plays in decisions concerning shale gas development in the US and elsewhere, offering legal and policy recommendations for developing shale gas in a manner that accelerates the transition to sustainability. Contributors assess good practices from Pennsylvania to around the planet, discussing how these lessons translate to other jurisdictions. Ultimately, the book concludes that major changes in law and policy are needed to develop shale gas sustainably. Policymakers and educators alike will find this book to be a valuable resource, as it tackles the technical, social, economic and legal aspects associated with this sustainability issue. Other strengths are its clear language and middle-ground policy perspective that will make Shale Gas and the Future of Energy accessible to both students and the general public.