Conveyancing

Conveyancing is designed for trainee solicitors studying applied land law on the Professional Practice Course in Ireland and will also be of benefit to practitioners. The manual offers complete coverage of all the knowledge needed when practising conveyancing, including the legal concept of property, and the protection, acquisition, and movement of proprietary interests. Featuring sample documentation and precedents illustrating the procedural aspects of conveyancing, this tenth edition has been fully revised to cover legislative changes, updates to taxation, and new practice directions and developments in property registration, including new sections on eRegistration, landdirect.ie, edischarges and expanded material on drafting a statement of title. This edition also includes the QeD form (Quick electronic Discharge) for Residential Property; updated Law Society Practice notes; an update to HomeBond cover for new builds and updated sample deeds and notes on title chart. The principles of conveyancing practice are clearly explained, making the book an essential reference for both trainees and practitioners in the field.

1 - Introduction to Conveyancing and Systems of Registration
2 - Steps in a Conveyancing Transaction
3 - Ethics
4 - Title
5 - Investigation of Title
6 - Contract for Sale
7 - The Family Home
8 - Drafting
9 - Mortgages
10 - Searches
11 - Planning
12 - New Houses
13 - First Registration
14 - Dealing with Registered Land
15 - Requisitions on Title
16 - Conveyancing and Taxation

Dr. Gabriel Brennan is a solicitor with the Law Society. She is course manager with the Law School for applied land law and senior advisor to the society's eConveyancing Project. She is editor and co-author of the Law Society's Landlord and Tenant Law manual and co-editor and co-author of this and other property law manuals. She is a longstanding member of the Law Society Conveyancing Committee and eConveyancing Task Force, and co-chaired the eSignatures Working Group. She is also a member of the PRA eRegistration Project Board. Nuala Casey BCL, TEP is a consultant solicitor with Sheil Solicitors. She has extensive experience in both probate and conveyancing practice. She is a lecturer and tutor on the Law Society Professional Practice Courses on land law, wills, probate and taxation module and on the Essentials of Legal Practice module (the Barrister Transfer Course). She is co-author and co-editor of this manual and co-author of the Law Society's Wills, Probate and Estates and Taxation manual. She is a founder member and committee member of Solicitors for the Elderly. She is a supervisor and examiner in the Law Society LLM program.