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Scots law follows the principle that traditionibus non nudis pactis dominia rerum transferuntur: ownership is transferred by delivery (or other conveyance) and not by bare contract. [4] As discussed above, a contract or delict only creates binding personal obligations, rights in rem (real rights) are not capable of transfer by contract alone.
Today, Scots property law is part of Scots private law and as such is a devolved competence of the Scottish Parliament under the Scotland Act 1998. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Scottish Parliament has introduced key pieces of legislation in relating to property law: notably the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 , the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland ...
Sharp v Thomson 1997 SC(HL) 66 is a United Kingdom House of Lords decision regarding the status of an unrecorded disposition in Scots Property Law. [1] The case was brought by Sharp as receivers for Albyn Construction Ltd, a building company who had sold a house in Aberdeen to the Thomsons, a brother and sister. Albyn had agreed to sell the ...
The Scottish Tribunals (Listed Tribunals) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015 No. 404) The Scottish Tribunals (Administrative Support for Listed Tribunals) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015 No. 405) The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 10 and Saving Provision) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015 No. 406 (C. 51))
They also had jurisdiction in actions of slander, the authentication of tutorial and curatorial inventories, actions for aliment and actions for debt up to a limit of £40 Scots. The courts largely adopted the old canon law , except where this was contrary to the reformed religion.
The Contract (Scotland) Act 1997 altered this common law rule, so that the missives are no longer superseded by the disposition. [31] However, many conveyancers still include the use of a 2-year supersession clause in the Missives of Sale to ensure that contractual obligations come to end after 2 years rather than by negative prescription under ...
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Therefore, landowners in Scotland are protected under the right to property from compulsory purchase of land except in accordance with the law. Where the state does exercise compulsory purchase, compensation must be paid. [96] The exercise of compulsory purchase powers are also subject to UK administrative law.