Land Law

The Penang, Selangor and Malacca Land Rules were established to assist with the individual state land issues.

Having been authored by an expert in the subject matter, this book has a clear narrative which provides for easy and chronological understanding of Strata Management.

The Sabah Land Ordinance is the main legislation in Sabah for the classification of land and the provision of rights and titles over land.

The Sarawak Land Code is the main legislation in Sarawak for the classification of land and the provision of rights and titles over land, also to make better provision in the law relating to land.

The first edition of Landlord and Tenant was published as the third volume in the Singapore Law Series and is the first and only book written in Singapore on the area of landlord and tenant law. Some previous chapters are replaced with HDB Leases (Chapter 11) and Green Leases (Chapter 12), which are topics that are of current interest.

This book on Sarawak Land Code has been compiled and updated by LexisNexis Legal Editors and it contains up-to-date amendments to the Sarawak Land Code.

This edition looks at recent decisions, including case law from other jurisdictions, on the National Land Code, and analyses their relationship to the operation of the Code. In particular, references are made to cases in contract law, and equity, trusts and remedies, which are influential and relevant in the operation of land matters. This is especially so, where the cases are applicable to the principles of statutory contract law and to local influences on equitable principles.

The new edition includes a discussion on the amendment to the Land Titles Act, all developments in land law including case law since the 2010 edition, changes in the law involving resulting and constructive trusts, and a new chapter on REITs.