The author has described this book as a source book. It is perhaps more than that. It is also an essential reference book for those who deal in land and land matters either as practitioners or, as estate managers or, as investors. While it is certainly not a do-it-yourself guide for the layman, an investor in land who desires to appreciate the importance of proper land documentation and to understand the steps his lawyer must take for him to be assured of a good title will profit by reading this book. The book has been written in simple readable prose for the benefit of the layman, while its value as an essential book in the practitioner’s library, be he a legal practitioner or a practitioner in estate management, remains undiminished.

While recommending this book to judges, legal practitioners, students of Conveyancing in particular and of Land Law in general, and enlightened laymen, I congratulate the author Mr. Layi Babatunde for successfully synthesising as many points as a busy practitioner may come across in his practice in regard to land documentation and in highlighting, by inclusion of some articles by practitioners, some of the several points and queries that have arisen in Land Law practice in recent times. By this effort Mr. Babatunde has immensely contributed to the study, improvement and development of the practice of our Land Law.”

Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola
Justice, Supreme Court of Nigeria
(Formerly, Chief Justice of the Gambia)
Abuja.
1st April, 2002.

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: : Highlights of the Publication : :

Part I: Land Administration and Documentation in the States and Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja.Guidelines and Procedure for Oil Mineral Licensing are
also included

Part II: Case Law Guide, containing Synopsis of over 450 decisions of Nigeria’s
Superior Courts on Land Matters.

Part III: Commentaries and Articles by Learned Authors including Chief F.R.A.
Williams, CFR; SAN; Prof. J. A. Omotola, SAN.

Part IV: Relevant Statutes and Regulations affecting Land Administration and
Documentation in Nigeria.

Appendix: Forms and Precedents