This book provides a full text copy of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 with annotations interpreting the law, along with a narrative introduction providing general guidance.
Updated to take account of amending legislation, this edition take account of the changes made by the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995, the Protection from Harrasssment Act 1997 and the Abolition of Feudal Tenure, etc (Scotland) Act 2000.
It offers guidance on interpretation of all provisions of the legislation with reference to decided cases. The rules of prescription and limitation of action are highly complicated and directly relevant to contract, delict, property and conveyancing, making the Act of great practical importance to practitioners.