Useful guide for real estate agents and text for students on estate agency law and practice. This is the fifth edition which updates legislative and other changes up to 1 March 1994 and incorporates important judicial decisions since the last edition was published in 1991. The five part text covers the current syllabus for the legal subjects in property agency courses offered by NSW TAFE colleges. Discusses contracts and the legal system; sale, purchase and conveyancing practice; other transactions with land; the rights and obligations of the real estate agent; and relevant legislation. Includes a table of cases, table of statutes and an index. The author is associate professor of law at Macquarie University.

LANG AND MORGAN'S ESTATE AGENCY LAW AND PRACTICE NSW is a well-established guide to the regulations that surround the practice and licensing of an estate agent in NSW. It also provides a clear and practical guide to the role of the estate agent in the conveyancing process. In its first new edition since 1994, the sixth edition maintains and expands its detailed treatment of estate agency law and practice by updating legislation and case law. In particular, the new edition provides a detailed examination of the Property Stock and Business Agents Act 2002 , including an examination of the role of the Office of Fair Trading in issuing licenses, compliance and discipline of agents under the Act. The new edition also discusses the Rules of Conduct applicable to agents under the Property Stock and Business Agents Regulation 2003 and provides a timely overview of current conveyancing practices using the 2005 Contract for Sale of Land published by the Law Society of NSW and the Real Estate Institute of NSW. This book is an invaluable reference tool for all real estate agents, those involved in land transactions and students of agency, tenancy or property practice.