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Avizandum Statutes on the Scots Property, Trusts and Succession Law 2025-26 22nd ed

Avizandum Statutes on the Scots Property, Trusts and Succession Law 2025-26 22nd ed

Author: Andrew J.M. Steven; Scott Wortley
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 9781399557733

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781399544603
Published In: August 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Scotland ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Avizandum Statutes on Scots Property, Trusts and Succession Law contain the main statutory provisions relating to both heritable and moveable property, as well as to trusts and succession law, in Scotland.

Key contents include:

Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Part 1 Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 Succession (Scotland) Act 2016 Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024

This edition includes an up-to-date version of the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 and the main statutory instruments associated with it, including the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (Financial Collateral Arrangements and Financial Instruments) (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025, SI 2025/275 which extends the scope of the legislation to financial collateral and financial instruments.

It also takes into account the significant changes to the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 made by the by the Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018.

Avizandum Statutes are designed specifically to provide undergraduates at Scottish universities with legislation and, where appropriate, other core materials in a readily accessible format. All materials have been selected on the basis of their relevance to university courses and appear in updated form. The lack of annotation and commentary means that the volumes are ideal for use in examinations.

PART I: PROPERTY

Statutes

Royal Mines Act 1424

Leases Act 1449

Mines and Metals Act 1592

Registration Act 1617

Real Rights Act 1693

Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857

Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1868, ss 3, 6–6B

Titles to Land Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1868

Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1874

Heritable Securities (Scotland) Act 1894

Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924

Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970, Part II (ss 9–32), ss 40–43, 45, 51–54, Schs 2–9

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, Part I (ss 1–16), Schs 1–3

Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974, ss 2, 8–12, 16, 17, 21–24, Sch 5

Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979, ss 15, 16

Sale of Goods Act 1979, ss 2, 5, 12, 16–21, 23–25, 62

Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 ss 1–3, 18–20, 22

Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985, ss 24–26

Companies Act 1985, ss 462–464

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985, ss 4–5, 8–9

Insolvency Act 1986, ss 53(7), 60

Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995

Contract (Scotland) Act 1997

Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc (Scotland) Act 2000, ss 1–2, 5–6, 17–19, 24–25, 27–28A, 33–49, 54, 58–77

Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Act 2001, ss 4–7, Schedule, Pt 2

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Part 1 (ss 1–32)

Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003

Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004

Housing (Scotland) Act 2006, ss 50, 98–119

Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, ss 25–27, 39

Companies Act 2006, ss 859A–859Q, 893

Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007, s 208

Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012

Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Act 2015

Consumer Rights Act 2015, ss 3–5, 8, 17, 29, 31

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, Part 3 (ss 39–43)

Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016, ss 78–79, 87–88

Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023

Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023

Other Materials

Matrimonial Homes (Form of Consent) (Scotland) Regulations 1982

Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Conservation Bodies) Order 2003

Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Order 2004

Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (Prescribed Risks) Order 2007

Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Development Management Scheme) Order 2009

Applications by Creditors (Pre-action Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2010

Land Register Rules etc (Scotland) Regulations 2014

Electronic Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2014

Moveable Transactions (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

Moveable Transactions (Register of Assignations and Register of Statutory Pledges Rules)

Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (Financial Collateral Arrangements and Financial Instruments) (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025

European Convention on Human Rights, arts 6, 8 and Protocol 1, art 1

PART II: TRUSTS AND SUCCESSION

Act of Sederunt Anent Executors-Creditors of 28 February 1662

Trusts (Scotland) Act 1961

Wills Act 1963

Succession (Scotland) Act 1964

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1966, s 6

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968, s 18

Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977

Forfeiture Act 1982

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990, ss 9–11

Civil Partnership Act 2004, s 131