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A disposition in Scots law is a formal deed transferring ownership of corporeal heritable property. It acts as the conveyancing stage as the second of three stages required in order to voluntarily transfer ownership of land in 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The Contract (Scotland) Act 1997 altered this common law rule, so that the missives are no longer superseded by the disposition.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 ...
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 ...
A full discussion of the rules for compensation in Scottish compulsory purchase can be found in Part 3 of the Scottish Law Commission's Discussion Paper of Compulsory Purchase (2014, SLC DP No: 159), available to view for free online. [94]
The complete set consists of over 130 titles in 25 volumes and Reissue binders. It covers the whole spectrum of Scots law, from Administrative Law, through Criminal Law, Obligations and Property, to Wills and Succession. Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia is also available as a searchable electronic archive on a paid subscription basis.
Liferent, or life-rent, in Scots law is the right to receive for life the benefits of a property or other asset without the right to dispose of the property or the asset. [1] [2] [3] Where the property is held in fee simple, the owner is termed the fiar. [4] (This is unrelated to Fiars Prices, another term in Scots law. [4]) For some acts ...
An Act to explain and amend the Laws touching the Elections of Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament, for that Part of Great Britain called Scotland; and to restrain the Partiality, and regulate the Conduct of Returning Officers at such Elections. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59))