Full Description
This updated text covers all areas of the modern land law syllabus and includes discussions of commonhold, changes in land registration, and the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998. The book explains the law and illustrates it by reference to imaginary properties and their owners. Areas of uncertainty or controversy are identified, with suggestions for further reading at the close of each chapter. As a successor to the authors' popular "A Practical Approach to Land Law", this title continues to provide a practical approach to the subject. This edition takes into account both statutory and case law developments. There are detailed accounts of the introduction of commonhold and the other implications of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act and also the impending changes in the land registration system. Discussion of recent case law developments are found throughout the text, including consideration of the decisions of the House of Lords in Southwark LBC versus Mills, Ashurst Fraser Ltd versus Gloucester CC and the Court of Appeal judgments in Gillet versus Holt and Pye versus Graham.
Contents
Part One - Introduction 1: Estates and Interests in Land; Part Two - Acquisition of Estates in Land 2: Buying A House; 3: The Contract; 4: Unregistered Land; 5: Registered Land; 6: Acquisition of an Estate by Possession; Part Three - Legal Estates7: The Freehold Estates; 8: The Leasehold Estates; 9: Obligations of Landlord and Tenant; 10: Commonhold; Part Four - Trusts 11: Trusts - An Introduction; 12: Trusts of Land; 13: Settled Land Act Settlements; 14: Perpetuities and Accumulations; 15: Co-ownership; 16: Resulting and Constructive Trusts and Proprietary Estoppel; Part Five - Licenses 17: Nature of a License; 18: Enforcement of a License; Part Six - Third Party Rights 19: Mortgages; 20: Easement and Profits a Prendre; 21: Covenants Relating to Freehold Land; Part Seven - In Conclusion 22: The Family Home; 23: What is Land?.
