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Letter: "Home report failed us"
Buyers seek support for action
Indemnity covered land transfer outwith option exercise
Developer to compensate for transfer under s 75 agreement
Letter: minimalism in the law
Is it still expected that a solicitor actually deals with legal problems?
LBTT 3% supplement: the house movers' hurdle
Beware the effect where a purchase completes ahead of a sale
Sasine Register closed to standard securities
Borrowers gain advantage from voluntary registration
Community rights to buy extend across country
Potential for compulsory sales also in the pipeline
PSG moves into residential documents
Range of dispositions now available in style form
Succession Act brings in the divorce effect
[Provisions for spouses to be revoked on divorce or annulment]
On firm ground?
Reflections from attending the Journal's Property Law Round Table
Letter: when the Keeper pays
The Keeper will indeed sometimes pay for errors in the registration process
Letter: mistakes without penalty
Registers of Scotland, who face no sanction for their mistakes, should be more understanding when solicitors fall short
Letter: information deficit
Is disclosure of beneficial ownership no longer being pursued?
Letter: inaccuracies in the register
Are Registers of Scotland staff making more mistakes on title sheets? How big is the problem?
Registers asks for views on Keeper-induced registration
12-week consultation on further aid to completing Land Register
LBTT rates under scrutiny at Holyrood
Finance Committee considering effect on property market
No 2010 Act protection for corporate homeowner
Sheriff rules additional requirements for repossession do not apply
Letter: not so easy on the eye
Can land certificates not be made more readable, rather than just a mass of unformatted text?
Letter: unpacking the toolkit
Registers of Scotland respond to the lead article for April
Land Register: steps towards completion
Keeper's key proposals in response to consultation
More property law reforms on the way
Scottish Law Commission programme has further agenda
Unenforceable burdens
Many feudal burdens remain on titles but can no longer be enforced
End of the Park, Petitioners problem
What the Legal Writings Act will mean in practice for delivery
Letter: Are the professors right?
Advance notices should be used in more situations than have been recommended
Letter: Conveyancing: how to fix the system?
A deposit system might address the problem of people failing to commit to a transaction