Barnsley's Conveyancing Law and Practice is the leading student textbook on the law of conveyancing, and is held in high esteem by academics and practitioners alike. It offers a chronological account of the conveyancy process, including a detailed account of registered land. It gives greater prominence to Registration of Title than any other work of its kind, and it has been extensively revised to ensure that it includes important new legislation and case law, particularly relating to mortgages, and illustrates statutory changes in the Law of Property Acts 1989 and 1994.

Part One. Introduction 1. Conveyancing procedures in outline Part Two. The System of Land Registration 2. General principles of land registration 3. Third party rights affecting registered land 4. Rectification and indemnity Part Three. The Contract Stage 5. Formulation of the contract of sale 6. Contents of formal contracts 7. The purchaser's inquiries and searches 8. Exchange of contracts and the parties' rights pending completion Part Four. The Post-Contract Stage 9. Deducing title 10. Deducing title II: particular cases 11. Deducing title III: registered land 12. Investigation and acceptance of title 13. Searches for incumbrances 14. Completing the transaction 15. Registered titles: first registration and registration of dealings Part Five. Conveyancing Documents 16. Drafting and construction of deeds generally 17. Form and contents of conveyance 18. Documents for particular transactions Part Six. Remedies 19. The rights of the parties on the breach of contract: an introduction 20. Specific performance 21. Rescission 22. Damages 23. Covenants for title 24. Miscellaneous post-completion remedies Appendices Index

Mark P. Thompson , Professor of Law, University of Leicester