Personal Property Law

In virtually every transaction involving sale, purchase or security, questions may arise concerning the nature of personal property. This title deals with this complex and wide-ranging area of law. In addition to physical goods, the author considers the applicability of laws when dealing with intangible types of property - such as currency and bank accounts, dematerialised securities and fungible commodities. He looks in detail at four main areas: the passing of title in sale/purchase transactions; the creation of proprietary security rights in personal property; the retention of title questions relating to assets; restitution and the remedies which may be sought from a court. Readers are given answers to typical questions which arise, such as: when does title pass from one party to another; how is valid security interest created; which contracts create propriety in goods; when and how can I recover my goods from others; what formalities must be used to transfer particular types of goods; and how does insolvency or bankruptcy affect title to goods?
* Responds to the increasing complexity of the law of personal property * Provides practitioners with solutions to the problems they encounter * Explains the nature of personal property, and how it is dealt with and transferred.
 
In virtually every transaction involving sale, purchase or security, questions may arise concerning the nature of personal property. This title deals with this complex and wide-ranging area of law. In addition to physical goods, the author considers the applicability of laws when dealing with intangible types of property - such as currency and bank accounts, dematerialised securities and fungible commodities. He looks in detail at four main areas: the passing of title in sale/purchase transactions; the creation of proprietary security rights in personal property; the retention of title questions relating to assets; restitution and the remedies which may be sought from a court. Readers are given answers to typical questions which arise, such as: when does title pass from one party to another; how is valid security interest created; which contracts create propriety in goods; when and how can I recover my goods from others; what formalities must be used to transfer particular types of goods; and how does insolvency or bankruptcy affect title to goods?
* Responds to the increasing complexity of the law of personal property * Provides practitioners with solutions to the problems they encounter * Explains the nature of personal property, and how it is dealt with and transferred.