Land Law

 

Lecture outlines:

Fixtures and chattels

Rights above and below the surface of land

Overreaching

Priority - Registered land

- Overriding interests

Priority - unregistered land

- Land charges

- Doctrine of notice


Trusts of Land

- Express trusts

- Resulting trusts

- Constructive trusts

Co-ownership 

- Co-ownership - Joint tenants and tenants in common

 

- Severance of equitable joint tenancy

- Successive ownership

Freehold ownership

Leasehold ownership

- Lease or licence

- Requirements of a lease


Aquisition of interest

 - Proprietary estoppel

- Adverse possession

 

Cases on Land Law

Click on the case name for a summary of the case

A

Abbeyfield (Harpenden) Society v Woods [1968] 1WLR 374

Abbey National Building Society v Cann[1991] AC 56

Adekunle v Ritchie [2007] 2 P & CR DG 2

Anchor Brewhouse Developments v Berkley House Ltd [1987] EGLR 172

Antoniades v Villiers [1990] 1 AC 417

Appah v Parncliffe Investments Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 1064

Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold [1989] Ch 1

Aslan v Murphy [1990] 1 WLR 766

B

Barrett  v Barrett [2008] EWHC 1061

Berkley v Poulett[1976] EWCA Civ 1

Bernstein v Skyviews & General Ltd [1977] EWHC QB 1 

Bird v Syme-Thomson [1979] 1 WLR 440

Booker v Palmer [1942] 2 All ER 674

Boosey v Davis (1988) 55 P&CR 83

Botham v TSB Bank (1996) 7 P & C R D 1

Bridges v Hawkesworth (1851)21 LJ QB 75

Brilliant v Michaels [1945] 1 All ER

Bruton v London and Quadrant Housing Trust [1999] 3 All ER 481

C

Chelsea Yacht & Boat Co ltd v Pope [2000] 1 WLR 1941

City of London Building Society v Flegg [1988] 1 AC 54

Cobb v Lane [1952] 1 TLR 1037

Commissioner for Railways v Valuer-General [1974] AC 328

Crabb v Arun District Council [1976] Ch 179

Crancour v De Silvaesa (1986) 52 P & CR 204

D

D'Eyncourt v Gregory (1866) LR 3 Eq 382

Diligent Finance v Alleyne (1972) 23 P & CR 346

Dillwyn v Llewelyn 1862 4 De G. F. & J. 517

Dixon v Fisher (1843) 5 D 775Drake v Whipp [1996] 1 FLR 826

E

Elitestone v Morris [1997] 1 WLR 687

Elwes v Brigg Gas co (1886) 33 ChD

ER Ives Investment Ltd v High [1967] 2 QB 379

Eves v Eves [1975] 1 WLR 1338

F

Facchini v Bryson [1952] 1 TLR 1386

Fox v Dalby (1874) LR 10CP 285

G

Gascoigne v Gascoigne [1918] 1 KB 223

Gifford v Dent (1926) 71 SJ 83

Gillett v Holt & Anor [2000] EWCA Civ 66      

Glasgow Corp v Johnstone [1965] AC 609

Goodman v Gallant [1986] Fam 106

Grant v Edwards [1986] 3 WLR 114

Grigsby v Melville [1974] 1 WLR 80 

H

Hannah v Peel (1945) 1 KB 509

Harvey v Pratt [1965] 1 WLR 1025

Heslop v Burns [1974] 3 All ER 406

Hibbert v McKiernan [1948] 2 KB 142

Hodgson v Marks [1971] 2 WLR 1263

Holland v Hodgson (1872) LR 7 CP 328

HSBC Bank v Dyche [2009] EWHC 2954

Hussey v Palmer [1972] 1 WLR 1286

I

Iles v Iles [2012] EWHC 919

Ives Investment Ltd v High [1967] 2 QB 379

Inwards & Ors v Baker [1965] 2 WLR 212

J

James v Thomas [2007] EWCA Civ 1212  

J A Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham [2002] 3 WLR 221

K

Kelsen v Imperial Tobacco [1957] 2 QB 334

Kingsnorth Finance v Tizard [1986] 1 WLR 783

L

Lace v Chantler [1944] KB 368

Leigh v Taylor[1902] AC 157

Lloyds Bank v Carrick [1996] 4 All ER 630

Lloyds Bank v Rosset [1989] Ch 350

Lord Advocate v Lord Lovat (1880) 5 App.Cas 273

Lyon & Co v London City and Midland Bank [1903] 2 KB 135

Lyus v Prowsa Developments [1952] 1 WLR 1044

M

Marchant v Charters [1977] 1 WLR 1181

Mascall v Mascall (1984) 50 P & CR 119

Melluish v BMI (No. 3) [1996] AC 454

Mew & Anor v Tristmire [2012] 1 WLR 852

Midland Bank v Cooke [1995] 4 All ER 562

Midland Bank v Green [1981] 2 WLR 28

Murray Bull & Co Ltd v Murray [1953] 1 QB 211

N

National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth [1965] 3 WLR 1

Norris v Checksfield [1991] 1 WLR 1241

Nunn v Dalrymple (1990) 59  P & CR 231

O

Oak Co-operative Building Society v Blackburn [1968] Ch 730

P

Pankhania v Chandegra [2012] EWCA Civ 1438

Pascoe v Turner [1979] WLR 431

Paul v Constance [1977] 1 WLR 527

Pettitt v Pettitt [1970] AC 777

Pickering v Rudd (1815) 4 Camp 216 

Powell v McFarlane (1977) 38 P & CR 452

Prudential Assurance Co ltd v London Residuary Body [1992] 2 AC 386

Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham [2002] 3 WLR 221

Q

R

Richards v Delbridge (1874) LR 18 Eq 11

R v Smith [1974] QB 354

Red House Farms (Thorndon) Ltd v Catchpole  [1977] 1 EGLR 125 

Re De Falbe [1901] 1 Ch. 523

Re Kayford Ltd [1975] 1 WLR 279

Rochefoucauld v Boustead [1897] 1 Ch 196

S

Shell -Mex and BP Ltd v Manchester Garages Ltd [1971] 1 All ER 841

Smith v Seghill Overseers (1875) LR 10 QB 422

Somma v Hazelhurst [1978] 1 WLR 1014

Springette v Defoe [1992] 2 FLR 388

Stack v Dowden [2007] 2 AC 432

State Bank of India v Sood [1997] Ch 276

Street v Mountford [1985] AC 809

T

Taylor Fashions Ltd v Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society [1981] 2 WLR 576

Tinker v Tinker [1970] 1 All ER 540

Tribe v Tribe [1995] 4 All ER 236

U

V

Vaudeville Electric Cinema v Muriset [1923] 2 Ch 74

W

Waverly Borough Council v Fletcher [1995] 4 All ER 756

Westminster City Council v Clarke [1992] 2 AC 288

William & Glyn's Bank v Boland [1981] AC 487

X

Y

Yaxley v Gotts & Anor [1999] EWCA Civ 3006   

Z