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The Law of Personal Property, 3rd Edition

The Law of Personal Property, 3rd Edition

Author: Prof Michael Bridge; Prof Gerard McMeel
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780414098152

Previous Edition ISBN: 9780414073968
Published In: December 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Issues and disputes concerning personal property are a common feature of commercial legal practice. The new edition of this authoritative guide to this substantial area of common law provides a comprehensive and in-depth treatment of both tangible and intangible personal property.

In this third edition of The Law of Personal Property, the work up is brought up to date with the latest developments. Most importantly, there is now

a comprehensive new chapter on Digital Assets, bringing the reader up to date with a fast developing body of law
a substantially extended treatment of electronic documentation
In general, a discussion of the effects of Brexit

The key new case law, legislation and other developments covered in this supplement includes:

Hocking v Director-General of the National Archives of Australia (a decision of the High Court of Australia on the meaning of property with particular reference to intangible assets)
Borwick Development Solutions Ltd v Clear Water Fisheries Ltd (on the ownership of land and of animals ferae naturae on the land)
AA v Persons Unknown (the appropriate location of digital assets in the scheme of property classification)
Smethurst v Commissioner of Police (an Australian High Court decision on whether information amounts to property)
Law Commission, Digital Assets: Electronic Trade Documents (Consultation Paper 254, 2021) and the amended rules of the London Metal Exchange on immobilised and dematerialised warehouse warrants
Natixis SA v Marex Financial (on the question whether warehouse receipts may be treated as negotiable (transferable) instruments)
London Clubs Management Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (a Supreme Court decision on whether non-negotiable gambling chips were to be treated as “money or money’s worth” for the purpose of gaming duty)
BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA (the interests of creditors and dealings with a company’s assets in the run-up to liquidation)
Corporate Governance and Insolvency Act 2020 (the general moratorium in the case of eligible companies on actions against a company and its assets)
Scipion Active Trading Fund v Vallis Group Ltd (pledges, warehouse warrants and the conflict of laws)
SL Claimants v Tesco plc (the legal consequences of holding securities through intermediaries)
The effect of Brexit on the priority regime relating to registered designs
Serious Fraud Office v Litigation Capital Ltd (on priority between competing assignments and the rule in Dearle v Hall)

INTRODUCTION
OWNERSHIP AND COOWNERSHIP OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
GOODS
DEBTS AND THINGS IN ACTION
DOCUMENTARY INTANGIBLES
EQUITY AND DEBT SECURITIES
MONEY
DIGITAL ASSETS
STATUTORY IP RIGHTS
COMMON LAW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
POSSESSORY INTERESTS
BAILMENT
STORAGE AND CARRIAGE
LEASES AND HIRE
TRUST INTERESTS
SECURITY INTERESTS
MODES OF ACQUISITION AND DIVESTMENT NOT BASED ON CONSENT: FINDING, MIXING, MANUFACTURING AND SUCCESSION
GIFT AND DONATIO MORTIS CAUSA
PROPERTY ASPECTS OF SALE OF GOODS: GENERAL
PROPERTY ASPECTS OF SALE OF GOODS: INTERESTS IN BULK GOODS
PROPERTY ASPECTS OF SALE OF GOODS: RETENTION OF TITLE CLAUSES
REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSIGNMENTS
RIGHTS TRANSFERRED BY ASSIGNMENT
BARS ON ASSIGNMENT
NOVATION
NEGOTIATION OF DOCUMENTARY INTANGIBLES
TRANSFER OF EQUITY AND DEBT SECURITY
TRANSFER OF MONEY
DEALINGS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
TRANSFER OF POSESSORY INTERESTS
TITLE CONFLICTS AND PRIORITIES
FOLLOWING, TRACING, AND CLAIMING
PROTECTING AND ENFORCING INTERESTS AT COMMON LAW: THE PROPERTY TORTS
SPECIFIC RELIEF: DELIVERY UP OF GOODS AND OTHER REMEDIES
ENFORCING RIGHTS IN RESPECT OF SECONDARY INTERESTS
PROTECTION OF EQUITABLE OWNERSHIP INTERESTS
PERSONAL PROPERTY IN INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS
CONFLICT OF LAWS AND TANGIBLE MOVABLE PROPERTY
CONFLICT OF LAWS AND INTANGIBLE PROPERTY