Land Law

The architecture of property rights: legal and equitable estates, registered and unregistered title, and the hierarchy of interests

A rigorous examination of the dual systems of land registration in England and Wales, exploring the conveyancing revolution, the principles of title guarantee, and the residual role of unregistered land.

Week 3 · FHS Year 3 · Legal and equitable estates, registered and unregistured title, and third-party rights

A comprehensive guide to the statutory regime governing interests which bind registered proprietors despite not being entered on the register

The law governing acquisition of title through long possession: limitation, registration, human rights, and the policy debate

A rigorous examination of joint tenancies, tenancies in common, and the statutory framework for trusts of land under TOLATA 1996

Applications under TOLATA 1996 s 14: statutory discretion, the purposes of the trust, and disputes over sale

Creation, Formalities, and the Certainty Requirement

The enforceability of covenants in leases at common law and in equity; privity of estate, the rule in Spencer's Case, and the transmission of leasehold obligations under LT(C)A 1995

Distinguishing licences from proprietary interests, the emergence and modern contours of proprietary estoppel, the Thorner test, remedial discretion and proportionality, and protection against third parties

The enforceability of positive and restrictive covenants in freehold land: burden and benefit at law and in equity

A critical examination of the Land Registration Act 2002, the Electronic Conveyancing agenda, and contemporary proposals for reform