The bill of wrongs
Dowden, M
The bill of wrongs - 2001 - Estates Gazette (0141) 13 October 2001, 180(1) .
Discusses the e-conveyancing provisions in the Land Registration Bill. Argues that the bill was drafted too quickly which has security and credibility implications for e-conveyancing. To address the problem of written authority being required before contracts can be concluded electronically, the bill contains deeming provisions which should avoid delay. Article examines the fraud implications of this solution and considers how defrauded sellers may turn to the Human Rights Act 1998. Concludes that practitioners are unlikely to trust the deeming provisions and calls for this part of the bill to be revised.
LAND REGISTRATION BILL
ECONVEYANCING
PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS
FRAUD
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
E-SIGNATURES
The bill of wrongs - 2001 - Estates Gazette (0141) 13 October 2001, 180(1) .
Discusses the e-conveyancing provisions in the Land Registration Bill. Argues that the bill was drafted too quickly which has security and credibility implications for e-conveyancing. To address the problem of written authority being required before contracts can be concluded electronically, the bill contains deeming provisions which should avoid delay. Article examines the fraud implications of this solution and considers how defrauded sellers may turn to the Human Rights Act 1998. Concludes that practitioners are unlikely to trust the deeming provisions and calls for this part of the bill to be revised.
LAND REGISTRATION BILL
ECONVEYANCING
PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS
FRAUD
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
E-SIGNATURES