Conveyancing: Principles & PracticeConveyancing-Principles & Practice provides a succinct understanding of the historical and philosophical background of land law and conveyancing in Kenya, a thorough grasp of the legal framework and a simplified concise exposition of the processes and formalities that precede the legal transfer of land. It combines a technical understanding of complex legal phenomenon with some critical awareness of the broader values and preferences which inform the law. The book is alive to the fact that land law and conveyancing impinge upon a vast area of social ordering and expectations, and exert a fundamental influence upon the lifestyles of ordinary people. Most importantly, Conveyancing-Principles and Practice is designed along the new Advocates Training Programme as a core text for students of conveyancing, legal practitioners, real estate investors, estate agents, commercial and banking institutions, auctioneers, Government departments and the citizenry. |
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acquired Act Chapter adverse possession advocate agreement agricultural land Aircraft application auction authority Bank Borrower certificate chargor Civil Appeal number claims clause Commissioner of Lands Company consent contract Conveyancing Court of Appeal covenants customary law debenture defendant Dispositions in Land documents easements effect entitled equity equity of redemption executed floating charge freehold Government lands grant held hereby High Court instrument interest in land issued ITPA Kenya Commercial Bank KShs Land Act Land Control Land Disputes Tribunal land law landlord Laws of Kenya lease leasehold Lender Lessee Lessor Limited mortgage mortgagor Nairobi notice owner ownership parcel parties payment person plaintiff plots possession power of attorney power of sale premises Principles and Practice proprietor purchaser purposes pursuant registered instrument registered land Registrar Registration of Titles rent respect Stamp Duty statute statutory tenant thereof transactions transfer trust lands