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18-Geom-A6 Cadastral Studies: May 2016

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  1. Question 1 Does a Surveyor's Opinion Differing From the Court Mean Negligence?
  2. Question 2 Does a Cadastral Boundary Have a Width?
  3. Question 3 Do Land Surveyors "Make" Boundaries?
  4. Question 4 Are Coordinates Useful in Defining a Legal Boundary in Ontario?
  5. Question 5 Larsson on Private and Public Benefits of Land Documentation

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National Exams — May 2016 — 04-Geom-A6 Cadastral Studies. Three hours; open book (any non-communicating calculator permitted). Format: five questions of equal value (25% each); the paper directs that five questions constitute a complete paper and the first five as they appear in the answer book are marked — with only five questions printed, all five are required. Most answers are wanted in essay format, and clarity and organization are expressly marked. All five questions are solved in full below. Legal and land-registration content is framed in the Canadian context (the common-law standard of care; provincial land-title / Torrens and registry systems; Ontario's Surveys Act and coordinated-cadastre practice; Canadian cadastral institutions and case law).

Reference texts: Survey Law in Canada (Canadian Council of Land Surveyors / Carswell, 1989); Brown, Robillard, Wilson & others, Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles (7th ed., Wiley, 2017); Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS), Standards and Guidelines and Ontario's Surveys Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.30 with O. Reg. 216/10; the Ontario Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5, and Registry Act; P. F. Dale, Cadastral Surveys within the Commonwealth (HMSO, 1976); G. Larsson, Land Registration and Cadastral Systems (Longman Scientific & Technical, 1991); FIG, Statement on the Cadastre (1995) and ISO 19152 Land Administration Domain Model (LADM); NRCan NAD83(CSRS) / coordinated-cadastre materials.