Chapter 8, Abbey, R, and Richards, M, A Practical Approach to Conveyancing (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Sections E and F dealing with pre-completion and completion matters, Silverman, F, Conveyancing Handbook (The Law Society, 2019)
Chapter 2 (Buying a House), Chapter 4 (Unregistered Land), Chapter 5 (Registered Land), MacKenzie, J-A, and Nair, A, Textbook on Land Law (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Farrand, J, Emmet on Title (Sweet & Maxwell):
searches before completion generally—Chapter 8, part 1;
position pending completion—Chapter 6
For more detail on the changes introduced by the Land Registration Act 2002 see Abbey, R, and Richards, M, Blackstone’s Guide to the Land Registration Act 2002 (Oxford University Press, 2002)