Product Description
Editors: Sandra Murphy and Padraic Kenna

ISBN: 978-1-911611-13-4 

Format: Hardback

Publication Date: 28 January 2019

 

About
Electronic conveyancing (‘eConveyancing’) envisages paperless transactions through all stages of the conveyancing process, from pre-sale to post-completion. Designed to simplify, reduce costs and speed up the process, eConveyancing presents significant challenges to traditional systems of conveyancing.

The impact of eConveyancing in common law and civil law jurisdictions has already generated key questions, such as how to reconcile equitable property rights which currently exist ‘off title’ with the new, all-encompassing electronic title register? How do we deal with risk, fraud, indefeasibility of title and related issues in this new electronic environment? Can eConveyancing benefit from Blockchain technology? What are the current key developments in eRegistration for conveyancing and title registration systems?

As the imperative grows to embrace and incorporate technology into conveyancing in Ireland this book offers valuable insights into the issues that have arisen in the transition to eConveyancing.

This highly topical book provides leading Irish and international expert perspectives on eConveyancing, from land law experts, legal practitioners, law reformers and property registration authorities.

Content includes
Introduction: Sandra Murphy
PART 1 REFORM

An Overview of Development of the Irish Conveyancing System, Professor JCW Wylie
eConveyancing: Challenges and Opportunities for Ireland, Dr Gabriel Brennan and Eamonn Keenan (eConveyancing Project, Law Society of Ireland)
PART 2 LAND REGISTRATION

The Development of eRegistration Services in the Property Registration Authority and its Contribution to Government Policy on eConveyancing, Liz Pope (CEO, Property Registration Authority of Ireland)
PART 3 THE EXPERIENCE OF ECONVEYANCING IN ENGLAND AND WALES

The Law Commission and eConveyancing: Updating the Land Registration Act 2002, Professor Nicholas Hopkins (Law Commission of England and Wales)
eConveyancing and Title Registration: Lessons from England and Wales, Professor Martin Dixon (University of Cambridge)
PART 4 BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

Blockchain’s Unsuitability for Real Property Transactions, Associate Professor Rod Thomas (Auckland University of Technology)
Block Chain Conveyancing? Professor Peter Sparkes (University of Southampton)
Ownership of Data and the Numerus Clausus of Legal Objects, Professor Sjef van Erp (Maastricht University)
PART 5 CHALLENGES FOR IRELAND

The Law on Adverse Possession and Its Reform: Options and Opportunities Presented by the Introduction of eConveyancing, Dr Una Woods (University of Limerick)
Error and Responsibility, Professor Simon Cooper (Oxford Brookes University)
European Property Law and the Demands of Electronic Conveyancing: A ‘Property in the Margins’ Perspective, Mark Jordan (University of Southampton)


Who Should Buy This Book?
This book will be an invaluable resource for anyone working in the area of conveyancing and title registration as well as policy and law makers. An up-to-date knowledge of developments in this area is a prerequisite of informed legal practice.

About the Editors
Sandra Murphy, NUI Galway

Dr Padraic Kenna, NUI Galway