



An overview of Land and Property Services (LPS) was presented by the chief executive, John Wilkinson. In 2007/8 Northern Ireland took the decision to amalgamate four services, i.e. valuation, rates collection, land registers and development of Northern Ireland by providing an integrated set of land and property related services for its citizens and government.
In the second session Sophie Williams, Registrar of Titles/Director of Land Titles Division, outlined the work and progress of the National Land Agency in Jamaica, shown here in graphic form.

Valuer Mervyn Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago) discusses CHT newsletter with Euphemia Bota.
Dr McCluskey, also a member of the conference organising committee
Prof. Greg Lloyd, Head of School of Environment, concentrated on the changing public realm in planning and real estate development. The subject was developed in key considerations such as fundamentalism, uncertainty and globalisation.
In similar vein Peadar Davis (also conference organiser) concluded that an effective property tax system can be a powerful weapon in aiding development especially in transitional jurisdictions. Examples included banding on a floor area basis which may help to establish a robust property tax.
In a detailed presentation relating to the re-
Associates, gave a presentation which captured the history of ship-
Susan Spedding (Admin. Secretary CASLE) and Brian Waldy (Secretary-
Clifford Dann and Jasmine Lim (a member of the university organising group) share a lighter moment.