Land Law

Real property vs personal property, legal estates, equitable interests, co-ownership, and registered vs unregistered land

Acquiring and disposing of legal and equitable interests, formalities, third party protection, and the doctrine of notice

Land Registration Act 2002, the register, protecting interests, overriding interests, and adverse possession

Title deeds, Land Charges Act 1972, doctrine of notice, and overreaching

Joint tenancies and tenancies in common: creation, severance, survivorship, and implied co-ownership through resulting and constructive trusts

TOLATA 1996: trustees' powers, s.14 applications, resolving co-owner disputes, and rights of occupation

Re Ellenborough Park criteria, types of easements, creation methods (express, implied, prescription), enforcement, defences, and reform

Freehold covenants: passing the benefit and burden, positive vs restrictive covenants, enforcement, remedies, statutory modification, and workarounds

Legal and equitable mortgages, lender powers, priority disputes, and protection of mortgagors and third parties

Essential characteristics of a lease, legal formalities, types of leasehold estate, and distinguishing leases from licences

Privity of contract and estate, passing of benefit and burden, Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995, and alienation covenants

Methods of lease termination, forfeiture, relief against forfeiture, and remedies for breach of leasehold covenants