This
title provides expert insight into how the Requirements of Writing (Scotland)
Act 1995 brought about an overhaul of the Scottish system of execution of
deeds. The Act simplified the rules about which rights may be constituted
orally and which require writing. It prescribes the rights which, in Scots law,
need writing for their constitution, and makes provision for how the writing is
to be signed and authenticated. The Act
now makes provision for electronic conveyancing, being updated to allow
electronic documents to have the equivalent status and standards of validity
and authenticity as paper. The book, which was first published in 1995,
provides a detailed commentary, section by section, on every provision in the
Act.
Publishing
in the Greens Annotated Acts series, this work provides authoritative
commentary on the Act as it stands today, stating its full implications for
those working within the Scottish legal system.