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Course: New Territories Conveyancing
Code: LP03_C27
Duration: 3 hours
CPD Credit: 3 CPD Points
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For a practitioner unfamiliar with New Territories (or NT) matters – in particular its customs, laws and bureaucratic practices – it is like going quite literally into a "new territory" insofar as conveyancing work is concerned. Conveyancing belongs to the somewhat arcane practice of NT land law and as such differs from that applicable to “urban” areas, where titles to land are normally deduced with relative ease following a set of standard procedures.
This Course, New Territories Conveyancing, aims to help you understand why such a difference exists.
A host of problems affects conveyancing practice in the NT. Some of the problems are historical in origin (i.e., treaties, proclamations, inaccurate land surveys, deep-rooted Chinese customs), while others can be traced to politics (i.e., administrative practices of the former New Territories Administration and legislation applicable in particular to the NT).
The Course consists of two lessons on the following topics:
History of the NT, inaccurate land measurements, Crown leases, housing grants, changes in land use, and documentation problems
Chinese customs -- especially on succession and inheritance -- and their imprint on the NT’s ordinances
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Christopher Robinson
Christopher Robinson is admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales and in Hong Kong. He is the Former Assistant Director of Legal in the Lands Department, Government of the HKSAR. He was formerly appointed an Honorary Lecturer in Law at HKU, and has taught on the PCLL course in Land Law and Conveyancing.
Currently, Mr. Robinson is a Consultant with Sino Land Co. Ltd. and teaches part-time on the DLS course for HKU SPACE. He has given a number of seminars to lawyers on NT land Law matters.
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