Table of Contents

Part One.
Introduction
1: Conveyancing procedures in outline
Part Two.
The System of Land Registration
2: General principles of land registration
3: Third party rights affecting registered land
4: Rectification and indemnity
Part Three.
The Contract Stage
5: Formulation of the contract of sale
6: Contents of formal contracts
7: The purchaser's inquiries and searches
8: Exchange of contracts and the parties' rights pending completion
Part Four.
The Post-Contract Stage
9: Deducing title
10: Deducing title II: particular cases
11: Deducing title III: registered land
12: Investigation and acceptance of title
13: Searches for incumbrances
14: Completing the transaction
15: Registered titles: first registration and registration of dealings
Part Five.
Conveyancing Documents
16: Drafting and construction of deeds generally
17: Form and contents of conveyance
18: Documents for particular transactions
Part Six.
Remedies
19: The rights of the parties on the breach of contract: an introduction
20: Specific performance
21: Rescission
22: Damages
23: Covenants for title
24: Miscellaneous post-completion remedies
Appendices
Index

About the Author

Mark P. Thompson LLB (Leicester), LLM (Keele), Professor of Law, University of Leicester