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Land Registration and Title Security in the Digital Age: New Horizons for Torrens book cover

1st Edition

Land Registration and Title Security in the Digital Age New Horizons for Torrens

Edited By David Grinlinton, Rod Thomas Copyright 2020
438 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

438 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge
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This book examines the current state of, and emerging issues in relation to, the Torrens and other systems of land registration, and the process of automation of land registration systems in jurisdictions where this is occurring worldwide. It analyses the impacts of advances in digital technology in this area and includes contributions from of a number of experts and leaders in this subject from... Read more

List of Contributors

Table of Cases

Table of Legislation

Foreword

D. W. MCMORLAND

Introduction

DAVID GRINLINTON AND ROD THOMAS

PART I: Land Title Security: Recent Developments and Current Issues

1. Title Guarantee or Title Indefeasibility?

MARTIN DIXON

2. Fraud and Torrens

PROFESSOR THE HON. WILLIAM GUMMOW AC

3. In Personam Claims: Developments and Thoughts

FIONA BURNS

4. Indefeasibility of Title: Law Reform in Scotland and New Zealand

KENNETH G. C. REID

5. Recent Developments in the Torrens System in Australia

BRENDAN EDGEWORTH

6. Reform of the New Zealand Land Transfer Act 2017

RT HON SIR PETER BLANCHARD

7. The New Fraud Test and Manifest Injustice

NEIL CAMPBELL AND ROD THOMAS

8. Knocking at the Compensation Door: What Might a Deprived Owner Expect Under the Land Transfer Act 2017?

ELIZABETH TOOMEY

9. The Registrar’s Powers in the Digital Age

DAVID GRINLINTON

10. Making Personal Obligations Binding: Covenants in Gross and Encumbrances Under New Zealand’s New Land Transfer Act

THOMAS GIBBONS

PART II: Automation of Land Registration Systems

11. Automation, the Land Registration Act (England and Wales) and the Future

NICK HOPKINS

12. Automation of a Torrens Register: An Australian Perspective

PROFESSOR SHARON CHRISTENSEN

13. The Development and Current Position of Electronic Conveyancing in Ireland

SANDRA MURPHY

14. Automation of the New Zealand Torrens Register: Practitioner Abuse, Risk and Liability

ROD THOMAS

PART III: Cross-cutting Issues and Emerging Challenges

15. Are Land Registers Becoming Online Intermediary Platforms of Land Data?

SJEF VAN ERP

16. Privatisation, the Consensus Algorithms of Blockchains, and Land Titling in Australia: Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Going?

LYNDEN GRIGGS AND ROUHSHI LOW

17. Judicial Interpretation of Torrens Registered Documents

BEN FRANCE-HUDSON

18. Indigenous Land Rights and Land Registration Systems: Māori and the Land Transfer Act 2017

JUDGE LAYNE HARVEY

19. Managing Property Law Risk: The Role of Private Insurance

JONATHAN FLAWS

20. Land Registration in England & Wales: Problems, Solutions and Missed Opportunities

MARTIN DIXON AND EMMA LEES

Biography

Professor David Grinlinton practiced as a lawyer, working mainly in the property law, commercial leasing, and energy areas, before joining the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1990. His research and teaching interests include all aspects of real property law, commercial and residential leasing, and planning and resource management law. He is a Barrister and Solicitor if the High Court of New Zealand. ORCID: 0000-0002-9387-1766

Associate Professor Rod Thomas practiced as a barrister at the Auckland bar for many years and now is an academic at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, teaching mainly in real property related subjects. He is the Senior Visiting Research Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Property Law at the University of Cambridge, UK, and the Australasian representative to the IPRA-CINDER Scientific Committee. ORCID: 0000-0002-2792-1251

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