Blueprints: Land Law

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Part 1 Historical context and land ownership
	1 Introduction to land law
		BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND – THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO THE LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925
		LEGAL ESTATES AND INTERESTS IN LAND – SECTION 1 OF THE LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925
		THE MEANING OF EQUITY AND EQUITY’S ROLE IN LAND LAW; EQUITABLE INTERESTS
		BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED LAND
		KEY POINTS
		CORE CASES AND STATUTES
		FURTHER READING
	2 The meaning of ‘land’ and the extent of land ownership
		DEFINITION OF LAND – LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925, SECTION 205
		FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
		KEY POINTS
		CORE CASES AND STATUTES
		FURTHER READING
Part 2 Rights, interests and their protection
	3 Personal and proprietary rights
		WHY THE DISTINCTION MATTERS – THIRD PARTIES
		LICENCES
		LEASES – CREATION OF A LEGAL AND EQUITABLE LEASE
		THE LEASE/LICENCE DISTINCTION – STREET V. MOUNTFORD THROUGH TO THE ‘ BRUTON TENANCY’
		KEY POINTS
		CORE CASES AND STATUTES
		FURTHER READING
	4 The Land Registration Act 2002
		AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: MIRROR, CURTAIN AND INSURANCE PRINCIPLES
		THE ‘REGISTER’ AND ITS THREE SECTIONS
		OVERREACHING
		THE ‘CRACK IN THE MIRROR’ – ‘INTERESTS WHICH OVERRIDE THE REGISTER’
		ADVERSE POSSESSION: THE CHANGE IN PROCEDURE IN THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT 2002
		KEY POINTS
		CORE CASES AND STATUTES
		FURTHER READING
Part 3 Trusts of land: joint ownership
	5 Co-ownership (Part 1)
		THE CONCEPT OF CO-OWNERSHIP – RECOGNITION OF EQUITABLE INTERESTS
		TRUSTS OF LAND
		KEY POINTS
		CORE CASES AND STATUTES
		FURTHER READING
	6 Co-ownership (Part 2)
		JOINT TENANCY AND TENANCY IN COMMON
		SEVERANCE – COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY METHODS
		THE APPLICATION OF THE TRUSTS OF LAND AND APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES ACT 1996
		KEY POINTS
		CORE CASES AND STATUTES
		FURTHER READING
Part 4 Specific proprietary rights: proprietary estoppel; easements; covenants; and mortgages
	7 Proprietary estoppel
		DEFINITION OF ESTOPPEL AND ITS APPLICATION
		REMEDIES – THE POWER OF THE COURT TO ‘SATISFY THE EQUITY’
		PROTECTION OF AN ESTOPPEL RIGHT UNDER THE LAND REGISTRATON ACT 2002, SECTION 116
		THE LINK BETWEEN ESTOPPEL AND CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS
		KEY POINTS
		CORE CASES AND STATUTES
		FURTHER READING
	8 Easements
		DEFINITION OF AN EASEMENT
		CREATION OF A LEGAL OR EQUITABLE EASEMENT
		IMPLIED EASEMENTS
		PROTECTION AND REFORM
		KEY POINTS
		CORE CASES AND STATUTES
		FURTHER READING
	9 Freehold covenants
		DEFINITION AND BACKGROUND
		DOES THE COVENANT ‘RUN WITH THE LAND’ AND BIND FUTURE SUCCESSORS IN TITLE?
		REMEDIES AND REFORM
		KEY POINTS
		CORE CASES AND STATUTES
		FURTHER READING
	10 Mortgages
		CREATION OF A MORTGAGE
		RIGHTS OF THE LENDER
		RIGHTS OF THE BORROWER
		UNDUE INFLUENCE
		KEY POINTS
		CORE CASES AND STATUTES
		FURTHER READING
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