Land law / / Emma Warner-Reed

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154813803321
• Autore: Warner-Reed Emma
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-4082-1914-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Collana: Living Law
• Disciplina: 346.41043
• Soggetti: Real property - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Guided tour -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes -- Table of statutory instruments -- Table of European legislation -- Chapter 1 Introduction to land law -- The national obsession -- The structure of land ownership in England and Wales -- The 1925 reforms and the doctrine of estates -- The two legal estates: freehold and leasehold -- Commonhold land -- Registered and unregistered land -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 What is land? -- What does it mean to own land? -- The definition of land -- Land as a slice of the earth -- Boundaries -- Fixtures and chattels -- Things found on the land -- Limitations on land ownership -- Chapter 3 The acquisition of freehold land -- The conveyancing process -- Investigation of title -- Formalities -- The contract -- Completion -- Registration -- Electronic conveyancing -- Chapter 4 Interests in land -- Legal interests -- Creation of legal interests -- Equitable interests -- The creation and transfer of equitable interests -- Importance of the distinction between legal and equitable interests -- Enforcing interests in land pre-1926 -- Enforcement of interests in registered land -- Enforcement of interests in unregistered land -- Overreaching - a little help at hand -- Chapter 5 The leasehold estate -- Why do we need leases? -- The terminology of leases -- What is a lease? -- Different types of lease -- Licences and the lease/licence distinction -- Essential characteristics of a lease -- Situations in which there can only be a licence -- Formalities for the creation or transfer of a lease -- Registration requirements -- Termination of leases -- Chapter 6 ; Informal methods of acquisition: adverse possession -- What is adverse possession? -- Adverse possession: a controversial method of land acquisition? -- Acquiring land through adverse possession.; The mechanics of claiming adverse possession -- Getting the squatter out -- Preventing time from running -- Leaseholds and adverse possession -- The political aspect -- Changes in the law affecting adverse possession claims -- Chapter 7 Informal methods of acquisition: resulting and constructive trusts -- Resulting trusts -- Constructive trusts -- Chapter 8 Informal methods of acquisition: proprietary estoppel -- What is proprietary estoppel? -- Why is proprietary estoppel important? -- How to establish a claim in proprietary estoppel -- The effect of proprietary estoppel -- The proprietary nature of estoppel -- Similarities to constructive trusts -- Chapter 9 Co-ownership -- Co-ownership as a concept -- Separation of legal and equitable title -- Co-ownership of the legal estate -- Co-ownership of the equitable estate -- Recognising the form of co-ownership -- Severing the joint tenancy -- Bringing an end to co-ownership -- Chapter 10 Interests in land: easements -- What is an easement? -- Easements compared with other forms of right -- Essential characteristics of an easement -- The creation of easements -- The protection of easements -- Extinguishment of easements -- Reform -- Chapter 11 Freehold covenants -- What is a covenant? -- Enforceability of freehold covenants -- The position with positive covenants -- Protection of freehold covenants -- Remedies for breach of covenant -- Discharge of covenants -- Reform -- Chapter 12 Interests in land: mortgages -- What is the relevance of mortgages? -- What is a mortgage? -- Mortgage terminology -- Rights of the borrower -- Undue influence -- Rights of the lender -- Equitable mortgages -- Protection of the mortgage interest -- Priorities of mortgages -- Chapter 13 Covenants in leases -- The structure of a lease -- What is a covenant? -- Implied covenants -- Express covenants.; Remedies for breach of covenant -- The transmission of leasehold covenants -- Chapter 14 Lawyer's brief -- The brief -- A prior claim? -- A situation arises -- Letter from residents of King's Mead -- An adversarial email -- A repairing issue -- A private matter -- The last straw -- File round-up -- Glossary -- Index.
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