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Abolition of Feudal Tenure in Scotland

By Kenneth G C Reid, LLB, Solicitor
Scottish Law Commissioner and Professor of Property Law,
University of Edinburgh

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Publisher Butterworths Law (Scotland)
ISBN/ISSN 040696968X
Proposed Publication Date October 2003
Format Paperback
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Catalogue Description

Abolition of the feudal system is the most important single change to have occurred in land law in Scotland. Part IV of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure (Sc) Act 2000, which deals with saving feudal burdens, comes into force later this year, and the Act will be fully in force in November 2004. Practitioners will need to grapple with the complex legislative provisions reforming Scottish property law and this book will be an essential aid. Professor Reid, the leading expert in this field, provides a clear and comprehensive guide to the implications of the abolition of the feudal system. His approach is highly practical throughout. Key sections of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure (Sc) Act 2000 as amended by the Title Conditions (Sc) Act 2003 and completed examples of forms prescribed by the Act will be reproduced in the Appendices.

Contents

bulletThe end of feudalism.
bulletReal burdens: an overview.
bulletPreservation of burdens by reallotment.
bulletPreservation as conservation burdens.
bulletPreservation as other nominate burdens.
bulletNotices.
bulletCompensation for development value burdens.
bulletFeuduty.
bulletMiscellaneous topics.

Appendices:

bulletAbolition of Feudal Tenure etc (Sc) Act 2000;
bulletexamples of completed forms.

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