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  • Izdošanas datums: 01-Apr-2006
  • Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199284431
  • ISBN-13: 9780199284436
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 526 pages, height x width: 246x189 mm, weight: 987 g, No
  • Izdošanas datums: 01-Apr-2006
  • Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199284431
  • ISBN-13: 9780199284436
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"Land Law Textbook" is a comprehensive and clear explanation of the principles of land law. It is written in a practical and accessible style designed to excite the reader's interest. It has been fully revised and updated since the first edition to include all recent developments, and key cases are now considered in the book in further depth. The new edition also examines the impact of Crest Nicholson on the Law of Restrictive Covenants, and contains a new section in which the impact of Undue Influence on Mortgages is considered. The text is supported by learning objectives, new chapter summaries, self-assessment questions and research activities designed to support and reinforce the student's learning experience. The online resource centre features: the web site contains carefully selected extracts from primary sources. It also contains guide answers to end-of-chapter assessment questions contained in the text, and twice yearly updates to the text.
Preface v
Table of Cases
xxi
Table of Statutes
xxvii
Source Acknowledgements xxxi
How to Use This Book xxxiii
PART I Underlying Principles
Introduction to the types of property rights in land
3(12)
Objectives
3(1)
Introduction
3(1)
Property rights which give immediate use and enjoyment of land
4(2)
Property rights against land owned by other people
6(9)
Concluding remarks
12(1)
Summary
12(1)
Further reading
13(2)
Some basic concepts of property law
15(12)
Objectives
15(1)
Introduction
15(1)
The trust
15(3)
Trusts of land
18(2)
Proof of title to land
20(4)
Real property and personal property
24(3)
Concluding remarks
25(1)
Summary
25(1)
Further reading
26(1)
Tenures (including commonhold)
27(6)
Objectives
27(1)
Introduction
27(1)
Feudal tenures
27(1)
Leasehold tenure
28(1)
Commonhold---a new tenure for the twenty-first century
29(4)
Concluding remarks
30(1)
Summary
31(1)
Further reading
31(2)
Estates
33(12)
Objectives
33(1)
Introduction
33(1)
Fee simple
34(3)
Fee tail
37(2)
Life estates
39(1)
Estates in possession, reversion, and remainder
40(2)
Interests under trusts
42(3)
Concluding remarks
42(1)
Summary
43(1)
Assessment exercise
43(1)
Further reading
43(2)
Legal and equitable rights in land
45(18)
Objectives
45(1)
Introduction
45(1)
Legal and equitable property rights
45(2)
Creation and transfer of legal property rights
47(1)
Creation of equitable interests in land
48(15)
Concluding remarks
59(1)
Summary
59(1)
Assessment exercise
60(1)
Further reading
60(3)
PART II Unregistered Land
Differences in validity between legal property rights and equitable property rights
63(14)
Objectives
63(1)
Introduction
63(1)
Legal and equitable property rights: the tale of High Chimneys
63(3)
The elements of the doctrine of notice
66(8)
Position of successors in title to a purchaser without notice
74(3)
Concluding remarks
75(1)
Summary
75(1)
Further reading
75(2)
The impact of the 1925 legislation
77(12)
Objectives
77(1)
Introduction
77(1)
Legal estates and interests and the 1925 legislation
77(2)
Legal estates existing after 1925
79(5)
Legal interests existing after 1925
84(2)
Equitable interests after 1925
86(3)
Concluding remarks
87(1)
Summary
88(1)
Further reading
88(1)
Status of equitable interests after 1925
89(18)
Objectives
89(1)
Introduction
89(1)
Registration of land charges
90(10)
Overreachable equitable interests
100(2)
Equitable interests still subject to the doctrine of notice
102(5)
Concluding remarks
103(1)
Summary
103(1)
Assessment exercise
104(1)
Further reading
104(3)
PART III Registration of Title
Registration of title---the basic principles
107(14)
Objectives
107(1)
Introduction
107(1)
Categories of rights in registered land
108(1)
Circumstances in which registration is compulsory
109(1)
Voluntary registration
110(1)
Register of estates not register of plots
111(1)
Procedure where a sale or lease gives rise to first registration
112(2)
Grades of title
114(3)
The form of the register
117(1)
Land certificates
118(3)
Concluding remarks
118(1)
Summary
118(1)
Further reading
119(2)
Overriding interests and minor interests
121(24)
Objectives
121(1)
Introduction
121(1)
Overriding interests
121(13)
Minor interests
134(2)
Protection of minor interests under the 2002 Act
136(1)
Searches of the register
137(8)
Concluding remarks
138(1)
Summary
139(2)
Assessment exercise
141(1)
Further reading
141(4)
PART IV Trusts of Land
Old-style trusts of land
145(8)
Objectives
145(1)
Introduction to the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
145(1)
The three types of trust under the old law
146(1)
Criticism of the old law governing bare trusts of land
147(1)
Criticisms of strict settlements and the Settled Land Act 1925
147(2)
Criticisms of the trust for sale
149(4)
Concluding remarks
151(1)
Summary
151(1)
Further reading
152(1)
New-style trusts of land defined
153(12)
Objectives
153(1)
Introduction
153(1)
The definition in section 1
153(5)
The need for two trustees for a new-style trust of land
158(1)
Appointment, retirement, and removal of trustees
159(3)
Method of appointment of trustees
162(1)
Unanimity of trustees
162(3)
Concluding remarks
163(1)
Summary
163(1)
Further reading
164(1)
The powers of new-style trustees of land
165(20)
Objectives
165(1)
Introduction
165(1)
The powers of disposition of new-style trustees of land
166(1)
The trustees' duties on exercising their powers
166(5)
Restrictions on trustees of land powers of disposition
171(4)
Delegation of trustees' powers to beneficiaries
175(10)
Concluding remarks
180(1)
Summary
180(1)
Assessment exercise
181(1)
Further reading
181(4)
PART V Co-ownership
Co-ownership of land---the basic concepts
185(16)
Objectives
185(1)
Introduction
185(1)
Unity of possession---the cornerstone of co-ownership
185(1)
The two forms of co-ownership existing today
186(1)
Joint tenancy
186(2)
Tenancy in common
188(3)
The reform of co-ownership in 1925---the main objective
191(2)
Joint tenancies in the early twentieth century
193(2)
The modern conveyancing practice to create an express trust (for sale)
195(1)
Co-owners---joint tenants or tenants in common?
196(5)
Concluding remarks
198(1)
Summary
199(1)
Further reading
199(2)
Severance of joint tenancies
201(8)
Objectives
201(1)
Introduction
201(1)
Severance of a legal joint tenancy impossible
201(1)
Methods of severance
202(4)
Matters which are not a severance
206(3)
Concluding remarks
207(1)
Summary
207(1)
Further reading
207(2)
Co-ownership---the problems when co-owners fall out
209(22)
Objectives
209(1)
Introduction
209(1)
The effect of imposing a trust (for sale) upon co-owners
210(1)
Tenancy in common arising because there is a constructive trust
210(5)
Sections 13 to 15 of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
215(6)
The modern position of husband and wife co-owners on a marriage break-up
221(2)
Rights of co-owners in equity---are they interests in land?
223(1)
Law of Property (Joint Tenants) Act 1964
223(1)
Co-ownership of registered land
224(7)
Concluding remarks
225(1)
Summary
225(2)
Assessment exercise
227(1)
Further reading
227(4)
PART VI Leases
Leases---the basic requirements
231(18)
Objectives
231(1)
Introduction
231(1)
The essential requirements for a lease
232(1)
Duration of leases
232(4)
Some concepts related to the law of leases
236(2)
The distinction between leases and licenses
238(6)
Formalities for leases
244(5)
Concluding remarks
246(1)
Summary
247(1)
Assessment exercise
248(1)
Further reading
248(1)
Obligations in leases
249(18)
Objectives
249(1)
Introduction
249(1)
Rent---certain basic points
249(2)
Repairs
251(7)
Covenants against assigning, sub-letting, and parting with possession
258(6)
Section 22 of the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995
264(3)
Concluding remarks
265(1)
Summary
265(1)
Further reading
266(1)
The running of covenants in a lease
267(14)
Objectives
267(1)
Introduction
267(1)
Privity of estate---introduction
268(2)
Which covenants touch and concern the land?
270(1)
Liability of original parties after assignment
271(2)
Position of covenants which do not touch and concern
273(2)
The Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995
275(2)
Position of equitable leases
277(1)
Position of sub-tenants and head landlords
277(4)
Concluding remarks
278(1)
Summary
279(1)
Assessment exercise
280(1)
Further reading
280(1)
Termination of leases
281(18)
Objectives
281(1)
Introduction
281(1)
Ways in which leases may terminate
281(2)
Forfeiture of leases
283(1)
Waiver of forfeiture
284(2)
Relief from forfeiture
286(5)
Leasehold Property Repair Act 1938
291(1)
Reform of forfeiture of leases
292(7)
Concluding remarks
293(1)
Summary
293(2)
Assessment exercise
295(1)
Further reading
295(4)
PART VII Loss of Ownership
Adverse possession and the Limitation Acts
299(22)
Objectives
299(1)
Introduction
299(1)
Possession gives a right to sue trespassers
300(1)
The Limitation Act 1980
300(5)
Adverse possession and tenants
305(3)
Adverse possession where land is held in trust
308(1)
Time starts running afresh by acknowledgment of title
308(1)
Adverse possession where the title possessed against is registered land---the position under the Land Registration Act 1925
309(2)
Adverse possession against the registered proprietor of lease (old pre-2003 rules)
311(1)
Adverse possession under the Land Registration Act 2002
311(10)
Concluding remarks
317(1)
Summary
317(1)
Assessment exercise
318(1)
Further reading
319(2)
Rectification of the register of title
321(12)
Objectives
321(1)
Introduction
321(1)
The situations where rectification of the register may be appropriate
322(4)
Indemnity
326(7)
Concluding remarks
328(1)
Summary
328(1)
Assessment exercise
329(1)
Further reading
329(4)
PART VIII Easements
The essential characteristics of easements
333(8)
Objectives
333(1)
Introduction
333(1)
Preliminary considerations
333(1)
There must be a dominant and a servient tenement
334(1)
The easement must accommodate the dominant tenement
334(1)
The tenements must not be owned and occupied by the same person
335(1)
`An easement must be capable of forming the subject matter of a grant'
336(3)
Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992
339(2)
Concluding remarks
339(1)
Summary
339(1)
Further reading
340(1)
Express and implied grant of easements
341(12)
Objectives
341(1)
Introduction
341(1)
Creation of easements (and profits)---legal or equitable?
341(1)
Express grant and reservation of easements (and profits)
342(1)
Implied grant of easements (and profits)
342(7)
Implied reservation of easements
349(1)
Exclusion of the rules providing for implied grant (and reservation)
349(1)
Compulsory purchase and the rules for implied grant
350(1)
Simultaneous sales or bequests
350(1)
Implied easements---legal or equitable?---overriding or minor?
350(3)
Concluding remarks
351(1)
Summary
351(1)
Further reading
352(1)
Prescription for easements (and profits)
353(20)
Objectives
353(1)
Introduction
353(1)
The complexities of prescription law
353(1)
Rules common to all three forms of prescription
354(3)
Prescription at common law
357(1)
Prescription by lost modern grant
357(2)
Prescription under the Prescription Act 1832
359(8)
Prescriptive easements and profits as legal interests
367(6)
Concluding remarks
368(1)
Summary
368(1)
Assessment exercises
369(1)
Further reading
369(4)
PART IX Restrictive Covenants
Restrictive covenants---the basic principles
373(8)
Objectives
373(1)
Introduction
373(1)
Restrictive and positive covenants distinguished
373(1)
Passing the burden of a restrictive covenant
374(2)
Restrictive covenants as equitable interests
376(1)
Remedies to enforce a restrictive covenant
376(2)
The benefit of restrictive covenants---identifying the original covenantees
378(3)
Concluding remarks
379(1)
Summary
379(1)
Further reading
379(2)
The passing of the benefit of restrictive covenants
381(16)
Objectives
381(1)
Introduction
381(1)
Annexation
382(7)
Assignment of the benefit of restrictive covenants
389(2)
Building schemes or schemes of development
391(2)
The chaotic state of the law on the running of benefits of covenants
393(4)
Concluding remarks
394(1)
Summary
394(1)
Further reading
395(2)
Escaping from restrictive covenants
397(12)
Objectives
397(1)
Introduction
397(1)
Carry on regardless
397(1)
`Doing a Parkside Homes'
398(1)
Attempt to buy out the dominant owners
399(1)
Take proceedings under the Law of Property Act 1925, section 84(2)
399(1)
Commence proceedings in the Lands Tribunal under section 84(1)
400(9)
Concluding remarks
405(1)
Summary
405(1)
Assessment exercise
406(1)
Further reading
406(3)
PART X Mortgages
The creation of mortgages
409(8)
Objectives
409(1)
Introduction
409(1)
Form of a legal mortgage of a fee simple pre-1926
410(1)
Legal mortgages of fees simple after 1925
411(1)
The equity of redemption
412(1)
Mortgages of leases
413(1)
Equitable mortgages of legal estates
414(3)
Concluding remarks
415(1)
Summary
415(1)
Further reading
416(1)
The remedies of mortgagees
417(16)
Objectives
417(1)
Introduction
417(1)
Remedies of legal mortgagees---an overview
417(1)
Foreclosure
418(1)
The mortgagee's statutory power of sale
419(4)
Mortgagees taking possession
423(4)
Power to appoint a receiver
427(2)
Remedies of an equitable mortgagee
429(4)
Concluding remarks
429(1)
Summary
430(1)
Assessment exercise
430(1)
Further reading
431(2)
Special legal rules governing mortgages
433(14)
Objectives
433(1)
Introduction
433(1)
Fire insurance of the mortgaged property
433(1)
Leasing of the mortgaged property
434(1)
Mortgages voidable for undue influence
435(3)
The rules of equity protecting the equitable right to redeem
438(1)
Collateral advantages
439(2)
Redemption of mortgages
441(2)
Consolidation of mortgages
443(4)
Concluding remarks
444(1)
Summary
444(1)
Further reading
445(2)
Priority of mortgages of unregistered titles
447(8)
Objectives
447(1)
Introduction
447(1)
Priority of mortgages where an unregistered legal estate is mortgaged
448(3)
Tacking of further advances
451(4)
Concluding remarks
453(1)
Summary
454(1)
Further reading
454(1)
Mortgages of registered land
455(6)
Objectives
455(1)
Introduction
455(1)
Mortgage by registered charge
455(6)
Concluding remarks
458(1)
Summary
459(1)
Assessment exercise
459(1)
Further reading
459(2)
Appendix: Assessment Exercises---Specimen Answers 461(18)
Glossary 479(4)
Index 483