Intro to Land Law

Property: meaning of property; ownership; other rights; title; things capable of ownership; classification of things. Law and equity: caricature of the common law; caricature of equity; double vision; the contributions of equity; equitable ownership. Land: statutory definition; fixtures; growing things; wild creatures; airspace; highways; water; things lost and found. Tenure: tenure and estate; the concept of tenure; caricature of freehold tenure; caricature of copyhold tenure; caricature of leasehold tenure. Estate: overview of estates; inheritance; fee simple; entail; life interest; lease or term of years; classification of estates; legal estates and equitable interests; double meanings; fundamental importance of the legal fee; examples. The unregistered scheme: estates; interests; land charges. The registered scheme: concepts; grades of title; form of title; classification of interest. Conveyancing: unregistered conveyancing; registered conveyancing. Freeholds: nature of the three estates; creating and conveyancing the estates; powers of the estate owner; waste; bring the entail; modified estates; future interests. Perpetuities: introductory; preliminary considerations; a worked example. Leaseholds: terminology; exclusive possession; lease or licence?; rent; rights and obligations; assignment; remedies; termination. Trusts of land: overview; trusts of land; strict settlements. Co-ownership: kinds of co-ownership; co-ownership of law; trusts of land; examples; registration. Mortgages: terminoligy; kinds of security; mortgages of land; redemption; mutual rights and obligations. Easements: easements and profits; is the right capable of being an easement?; has the easement been duly created?; is the easement legal or equitable? Covenants: definitions; four dimensions; piecing the jigsaw together.