Law Society of Ireland: Conveyancing, 9th Edition

1: Introduction to conveyancing and systems of registration
2: Steps in a conveyancing transaction
3: Ethics
4: Title
5: Investigation of title
6: Contract for sale
7: The family home, the shared home and cohabiting couples
8: Drafting
9: Mortgages
10: Searches
11: Planning
12: New houses
13: First registration
14: Dealing with registered land
15: Requisitions on title
16: Conveyancing and taxation

Dr. Gabriel Brennan is a solicitor with the Law Society. She is Course Manager with the Law School for Applied Land Law and Senior Advisor to the Society's eConveyancing Project. She is editor and co-author of the Law Society's Landlord and Tenant Law Manual and co-editor and co-author of this Conveyancing Manual. She has lectured on the Law Society's Professional Training courses and is also a member of the Law Society Conveyancing Committee. Gabriel was formerly in practice with Abercorn Solicitors.

Sean Brodie has lectured on the Law Society's VAT and landlord and tenant law modules on the Professional Practice Courses and on the Law Society's Diploma in Commercial Conveyancing. He has also lectured on VAT for the Irish Tax Institute and is co-author of Value Added Tax published by the Irish Tax Institute. He is currently a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he advises on all aspects of VAT. Prior to joining PricewaterhouseCoopers he worked in the office of the Revenue Commissioners.

Nuala Casey (BCL) was admitted as a solicitor in 1977. She has extensive experience in the areas of Conveyancing and Probate practice. She is a lecturer and tutor for the Law Society Professional Practice Courses and lectures on Probate and Conveyancing topics for the Law Society's Professional Training program. She is a registered Trust and Estate practitioner and has lectured and tutored on the Law Society/Society of Trust & Estate practitioners (STEP) Diploma in Trust and Estate Practice. She is co-editor and co-author this ConveyancingManual and co-author of the Law Society's Wills, Probate and Estates Manual.

Deirdre Fox has lectured extensively on conveyancing practice both to students on the Law Society's professional practice courses and to members of the profession. Deirdre has been a member of the Law Society Conveyancing Committee since 1996. In September 2006 she left eircom Limited, where she had been the head of the Conveyancing Department in the legal office for the previous nine years, in order to set up her own practice, Deirdre Fox and Associates, in Aughrim, Co Wicklow. In August 2011, Deirdre was appointed by Minister Alan Shatter as the Law Society's representative on the Property Registration Authority.

Rachael Hession qualified as a solicitor in 1997. She is a course manager on the Law Society's Professional Practice Courses and is a programme manager with Law Society Professional Training. She lectures and tutors on the PPC. She is co-editor and co-author of the Law Society's Complex Conveyancing Manual and is co-author of the Law Society's Capital Taxation for Solicitors Manual. She was previously in practice with Ronan Daly Jermyn solicitors and Henry P.F. Donegan solicitors. She is an associate of the ITI and a member of STEP. She holds a MA in Higher Education, Professional Legal Education and Skills.

Barry Magee qualified as a solicitor in 2000 and initially practised with Maurice E. Veale & Co. Solicitors. He joined the Office of the Chief State Solicitor in 2001 where he worked in the State Property Division. In 2008 he joined the Railway Procurement Agency which is the State Agency tasked with the provision of Luas light rail, metro infrastructure and integrated ticketing. He has lectured and tutored on the Law Society Professional Practice Courses in conveyancing and landlord and tenant law. He became Chairperson of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in 2013.

John Murphy is a solicitor and examiner of titles in the Property Registration Authority (PRA). He lectures on PRA-related matters on the Law Society's Professional Practice Courses and on the Professional Training program.

Anne Stephenson is the principal of Stephenson Solicitors. She is a member of STEP, Solicitors for the Elderly, the DSBA Probate and Taxation and Mental Health and Capacity Committees, the Probate Liaison Committee and the Law Society's Probate Administration and Trust Committee and is a member of the Committee of the Solicitors for the Elderly. She lectures, examines and tutors on the Law Society's Professional Courses on the Wills, Trusts, Probate, Tax Planning and Conveyancing Modules and on the STEP Diploma in Wills, Trust & Estate Planning. She also lectures on the Law Society's Professional Training Courses, and to the DSBA and numerous other professional bodies. She is co-author of the Law Society's Manual on Wills, Probate and Estates, this Conveyancing Manual and the Capital Taxation for Solicitors Manual.

Contributors: 
Dr. Gabriel Brennan
Sean Brodie
Nuala Casey
Deirdre Fox
Rachael Hession
Barry Magee
John Murphy
Anne Stephenson