Estate Management Law

PART I: OUTLINE OF THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM; 1. Introduction; 2. Administration of the Law; 3. Sources of English Law; PART II: THE LAW OF CONTRACT; 4. Introduction; 5. Agreement; 6. Binding Agreement; 7. Contractual Terms; 8. Performance and Breach; 9. Exemption Clauses; 10. Discharge by Frustration; 11. Remedies for Breach of Contract; 12. Misrepresentation, Duress and Undue Influence; 13. Contracts in Restraint of Trade; 14. Third Party Rights or Obligations under a Contract; 15. Agency; PART III: THE LAW OF TORT; 16. Introduction; 17. Negligence - Duty of Care; 18. Negligence - Breach of Duty; 19. Negligence - the Causing of Damage; 20. Defences to Negligence; 21. Liability for Dangerous Premises; 22. Breach of Statutory Duty; 23. Trespass to Land; 24. Nuisance; 25. Strict Liability; 26. Animals; 27. Vicarious Liability; 28. Remedies; PART IV: LAND LAW; 29. Land, its Ownership, and Use; 30. The Formal Acquisition of Rights to Land; 31. The Informal Acquisition of Rights to Land; 32. Concurrent Ownership; 33. Easements; 34. Restrictive Covenants; 35. Mortgages; 36. Enforceability of Interests in Land; PART V: THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT; 37. Landlord and Tenant: The General Law; 38. Landlord and Tenant: Statutory Protection; PART VI: PLANNING LAW; 39. The Operation of the Planning System and its Legal Framework; 40. The Law of Development Control and its Enforcement; INDEX