The laws relating to the transfer of land in Ireland and in England and Wales compared, especially with reference to (1) the extension of Lord Cairns's Land Transfer Act of 1875 to Ireland; and (2) the small use made of the Bright clauses of the Irish Land Act of 1870

Abstract

The defective state of the law as to the transfer of land in Ireland was brought before this Society some thirty years ago. Since then great legislative progress has been made in removing defects. The Incumbered Estates Court and Landed Estates Court Acts were passed successively, giving a parliamentary title, and clearing all the land sold by the court of all complications of title prior to the sale. New complications of title were, however, allowed to arise on the cleared title, so that the Incumbered Estates Court and Landed Estates Court produce only a temporary effect in clearing titles, which in the course of time will be entirely obliterated.