Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. EDITORS’ PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS vi
4. PART I: PROPERTY
5. Statutes
6. Royal Mines Act 1424 1
7. Leases Act 1449 1
8. Mines and Metals Act 1592. 1
9. Registration Act 1617 2
10. Real Rights Act 1693 3
11. Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857 4
12. Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1868, ss 3, 6–6B 10
13. Titles to Land Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1868 11
14. Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1874 20
15. Heritable Securities (Scotland) Act 1894 24
16. Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924 31
17. Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970, Part II (ss 9–32), ss 40–43, 45, 51–54, Schs 2–9. 46
18. Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, Part I (ss 1–16), Schs 1–3 . 82
19. Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974, ss 2, 8–12, 16, 17, 21–24, Sch 5. 94
20. Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979, ss 15, 16. 103
21. Sale of Goods Act 1979, ss 2, 5, 12, 16–21, 23–25, 62 104
22. Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981, ss 1–3, 18–20, 22 108
23. Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985, ss 24–26 120
24. Companies Act 1985, ss 462–464 121
25. Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985, ss 4–5, 8–9 123
26. Insolvency Act 1986, ss 53(7), 60 . 126
27. Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 127
28. Contract (Scotland) Act 1997 156
29. Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc (Scotland) Act 2000, ss 1–2, 5–6, 17–19, 24–25, 27–28A, 33–49, 54, 58–77 157
30. Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Act 2001, ss 4–7, Schedule, Pt 2. 177
31. Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Part 1 (ss 1–32). 181
32. Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003. 199
33. Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 264
34. Housing (Scotland) Act 2006, ss 50, 98–119 289
35. Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, ss 25–27, 39 296
36. Companies Act 2006, ss 859A–859Q, 893. 297
37. Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007, s 208 307
38. Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012 308
39. Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Act 2015 357
40. Consumer Rights Act 2015, ss 3–5, 8, 17, 29, 31. 359
41. Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, Part 3 (ss 39–43). 362
42. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016, ss 78–79, 87–88 366
43. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023. 370
44. Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 418
45. Other Materials
46. Matrimonial Homes (Form of Consent) (Scotland) Regulations 1982. 421
47. Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Conservation Bodies) Order 2003 422
48. Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Order 2004 423
49. Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (Prescribed Risks) Order 2007 424
50. Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Development Management Scheme) Order 2009 425
51. Applications by Creditors (Pre-action Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2010 446
52. Land Register Rules etc (Scotland) Regulations 2014 448
53. Electronic Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2014 462
54. European Convention on Human Rights, arts 6, 8 and Protocol 1, art 1. 466
55. PART II: TRUSTS AND SUCCESSION
56. Act of Sederunt Anent Executors-Creditors of 28 February 1662 467
57. Trusts (Scotland) Act 1961 467
58. Wills Act 1963 469
59. Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 471
60. Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1966, s 6 487
61. Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968, s 18 487
62. Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977 488
63. Forfeiture Act 1982 494
64. Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990, ss 9–11 497
65. Civil Partnership Act 2004, s 131 500
66. Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, ss 1–17, 21–23, 28–35, 38–45B, 49–55, 66–70A, 99, 106 501
67. Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, s 29 535
68. Succession (Scotland) Act 2016 537
69. Succession (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2016, reg 3 . 543
70. Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 544
71. Index of Statutes 581