Avizandum Statutes on Scots Property, Trusts and Succession Law

Andrew J. M. Steven is Professor of Property Law at the University of Edinburgh and former Scottish Law Commissioner Scott Wortley is Lecturer in Private Law at the University of Edinburgh.

• PrefacePART I: PROPERTYStatutesRoyal Mines Act 1424Leases Act 1449Mines and Metals Act 1592Registration Act 1617Real Rights Act 1693Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1868, ss 3, 6–6BTitles to Land Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1868Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1874Heritable Securities (Scotland) Act 1894Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970, Part II (ss 9–32), ss 40–43, 45, 51–54, Schs 2–9Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, Part I (ss 1–16), Schs 1–3Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974, ss 2, 8–12, 16, 17, 21–24, Sch 5Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979, ss 15, 16Sale of Goods Act 1979, ss 2, 5, 12, 16–21, 23–25, 62Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 ss 1–3, 18–20, 22Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985, ss 24–26Companies Act 1985, ss 462–464Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985, ss 4–5, 8–9Insolvency Act 1986, ss 53(7), 60Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995Contract (Scotland) Act 1997Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc (Scotland) Act 2000, ss 1–2, 5–6, 17–19, 24–25, 27–28A, 33–49, 54, 58–77Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Act 2001, ss 4–7, Schedule, Pt 2Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Part 1 (ss 1–32)Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004Housing (Scotland) Act 2006, ss 50, 98–119Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, ss 25–27, 39Companies Act 2006, ss 859A–859Q, 893Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007, s 208Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Act 2015Consumer Rights Act 2015, ss 3–5, 8, 17, 29, 31Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, Part 3 (ss 39–43)Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016, ss 78–79, 87–88Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023Other MaterialsMatrimonial Homes (Form of Consent) (Scotland) Regulations 1982Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Conservation Bodies) Order 2003Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Order 2004Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (Prescribed Risks) Order 2007Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Development Management Scheme) Order 2009Applications by Creditors (Pre-action Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2010Land Register Rules etc (Scotland) Regulations 2014Electronic Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2014Moveable Transactions (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2024Moveable 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 2025European Convention on Human Rights, arts 6, 8 and Protocol 1, art 1PART II: TRUSTS AND SUCCESSIONAct of Sederunt Anent Executors-Creditors of 28 February 1662Trusts (Scotland) Act 1961Wills Act 1963Succession (Scotland) Act 1964Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1966, s 6Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968, s 18Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977Forfeiture Act 1982Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990, ss 9–11Civil Partnership Act 2004, s 131Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, ss 1–17, 21–23, 28–35, 38–45B, 49–55, 66–70A, 99, 106Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, s 29Succession (Scotland) Act 2016Succession (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2016, reg 3Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024Index of Statutes