Modern Land Law offers a lively and thought-provoking account of a subject that remains at the heart of our legal system. Dispelling any apprehension about the subject’s formidability from the outset, this compact textbook provides an absorbing and exact analysis of all the key legal principles relating to land. Written with students firmly in mind, the principal features of this textbook include: • a clear introduction to every chapter which frames each topic in its wider context; • corresponding chapter summaries which help to consolidate learning and encourage reflection; • the use of tables and diagrams to aid understanding of complicated topics; • a friendly two-colour text design which complements Martin Dixon’s comprehensible and engaging writing; • a new companion website which supports this textbook for the first time with a fully customisable testbank for lecturers; self-test questions and practice exam-style questions for students as well as podcasts to keep students updated with new cases, important decisions and other newsworthy issues relating to land law. Updated fully to include discussion of the most recent case law such as Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Association, Halifax v Popeck and Jones v Kernott, Modern Land Law is one of the most current and reliable textbooks available on land law today.
This 9th edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to take into account key developments in the law in the light of the Law Commission’s recommendations on easements and covenants, as well as the increased impact of the HRA 1998 on ...
For an instance where the roles were reversed, see Barclays Bank plc v Rivett [1999] 1 F.L.R. 730. * [1994] 1 A.C. 180 at 198. See Massey v. Midland Bank plc [1995] 1 All E.R. 925. * Northern Rock Building Society v.
The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Wandsworth (2001) 82 P. & C.R. 137 at 144 per Rimer J.; Trustees of the Michael Butt Charitable Trust v. Adams (2001) 82 P. & C.R. 406 at 412–13 per Laddie J. 53 Dockray [1982] Conv.
Modern Land Law
Modern Land Law provides a readable, clear and thorough exposition of the principles of land law. Comprehensive yet succinct it is the perfect text for an undergraduate course.
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Modern Land Law
To paraphrase Austin ([urisprudence, 5th edn., vol. 1, p. 362): one class consists of intangible rights over objects (incorporeal), and the other of physical objects over which rights may be exercised (corporeal).
Licence and a constructive trust This meant that the Court of Appeal, still spearheaded by Lord Denning, had an opportunity to build on Errington23 in Binions v Evans.24 Key case: Binions v Evans [1972] Ch 359 Mrs Evans' husband was ...