Property Law and Practice provides a detailed examination of the processes involved in freehold and leasehold property transactions, clearly addressing the issues that arise in both the residential and commercial fields. It deals with all the issues confronting the practitioner on a day-to-day basis to provide a complete overview of modern conveyancing practice.This edition for 2013/14 has been updated with information on the Land Registry pilot scheme for local searches, the Help to Buy scheme, Land Registry Form JO, the Green Deal, the new arrangements for registering charges and changes introduced by the 2013 Budget. It also covers recent developments on chancel liability and flood searches and recent case law on the service of notices and break clauses in leases.