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Table of Statutory Instruments |
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Guide to the book |
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Guide to the Online Resources Centre |
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1 | (62) |
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3 | (24) |
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4 | (18) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (4) |
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10 | (10) |
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Incorporeal hereditaments |
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20 | (2) |
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Objects lost and found in and on the land |
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22 | (5) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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The structure of land law |
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27 | (36) |
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29 | (1) |
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The earliest developments: tenures and estates |
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30 | (3) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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33 | (3) |
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The effect of equity on land law |
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34 | (2) |
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Legal and equitable estates and interests |
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36 | (5) |
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37 | (3) |
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40 | (1) |
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The 1925 property legislation |
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41 | (18) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (13) |
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Lifting equitable interests of the land: overreaching |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (4) |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (136) |
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65 | (26) |
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The fee simple absolute in possession |
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66 | (6) |
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66 | (1) |
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66 | (3) |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (1) |
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The creation of a legal freehold |
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72 | (1) |
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Transfer of the legal freehold |
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72 | (16) |
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Negotiation and agreement |
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73 | (2) |
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Formation of the contract and exchange of contracts |
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75 | (2) |
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Transfer or conveyance of the legal estate |
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77 | (6) |
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83 | (5) |
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Electronic conveyancing (e-conveyancing) |
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88 | (3) |
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89 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (34) |
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The legislative framework |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (1) |
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First registration of title |
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95 | (13) |
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Cautions against first registration |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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The effect of registration with absolute title |
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96 | (2) |
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Interests protected by notice on the register |
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98 | (3) |
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Interests protected on the register by the entry of a restriction |
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101 | (1) |
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Interests that override first registration |
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102 | (6) |
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108 | (6) |
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The protection of those who are registered as a result of a registrable disposition |
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109 | (3) |
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Interests that override registered dispositions |
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112 | (2) |
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Electronic conveyancing (e-conveyancing) |
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114 | (1) |
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Alteration of the register |
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114 | (11) |
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115 | (1) |
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Who can alter the register? |
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115 | (1) |
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The grounds for altering the register |
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116 | (1) |
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Restrictions on altering the register: rectification against a proprietor in possession |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (3) |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (37) |
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126 | (1) |
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Leases in practice some examples |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (2) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (3) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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Essential characteristics of a lease |
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133 | (7) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (7) |
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141 | (3) |
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144 | (3) |
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Assignment and the running of covenants |
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147 | (4) |
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148 | (1) |
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Laura assigns the reversion to Leo |
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148 | (1) |
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Tilly assigns her lease to Trevor |
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149 | (1) |
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assignment of the reversion |
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149 | (2) |
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assignment of the tenancy |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (7) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (3) |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (37) |
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Reasons for allowing adverse possession |
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163 | (2) |
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Arguments against allowing adverse possession |
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165 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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The main statutory provisons |
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166 | (3) |
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166 | (2) |
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Land Registration Act 1925 |
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168 | (1) |
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Land Registration Act 2002 |
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169 | (1) |
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What does a squatter need to show to make a claim to the land? |
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169 | (11) |
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Discontinuance or dispossession |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (9) |
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180 | (4) |
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184 | (2) |
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Successful action for possession within limitation period |
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184 | (1) |
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Acknowledgement of the paper owner's title by the squatter |
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184 | (1) |
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Payment of rent by the squatter |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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Letter threatening action |
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186 | (1) |
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Fraud, concealment, or mistake |
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186 | (1) |
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The effect of adverse possession |
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186 | (7) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (5) |
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How do I know which law applies? |
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193 | (6) |
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195 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (3) |
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Part 3 Sole and joint owners of land |
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199 | (96) |
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201 | (20) |
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Who is an 'owner' of land and what can he or she do with it? |
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202 | (1) |
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The sole owner: three possibilities |
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203 | (5) |
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Sole legal and sole equitable owner |
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204 | (1) |
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Sole legal owner, holding the equitable title on trust for someone else |
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205 | (1) |
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Sole legal owner, holding for him or herself and (an)other equitable owner(s) |
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206 | (2) |
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Protection for equitable owners and purchasers |
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208 | (13) |
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Protection primarily for the purchaser: overreaching |
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208 | (2) |
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Protection for the equitable owner: restriction |
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210 | (1) |
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Protection of beneficiaries under a trust of land: overriding interests |
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211 | (7) |
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Overreaching tops overriding |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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Joint owners of land (co-ownership) |
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221 | (23) |
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222 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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Legal and equitable ownership |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (3) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (2) |
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227 | (2) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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Which is which? Identifying a joint tenancy or a tenancy in common |
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229 | (2) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (7) |
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232 | (6) |
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Impact on the land register |
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238 | (6) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (2) |
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Trusts and the family home |
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244 | (33) |
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Acquiring an equitable interest |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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Resulting and constructive trusts in context |
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246 | (3) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (7) |
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249 | (1) |
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Contribution to purchase price |
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249 | (2) |
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Other kinds of contribution |
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251 | (2) |
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Rebutting the presumption |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (12) |
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256 | (1) |
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Lloyds Bank plc v. Rosset [ 1991] AC 107 |
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256 | (5) |
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261 | (7) |
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Other means of acquiring an equitable interest in the family home: proprietary estoppel |
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268 | (3) |
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268 | (2) |
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Significance of the differences between constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel |
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270 | (1) |
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And finally, back to Mrs Burns |
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271 | (2) |
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Law Commission---proposals for reform |
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273 | (4) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (18) |
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The Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (6) |
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280 | (2) |
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Rights of the beneficiaries |
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282 | (3) |
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285 | (4) |
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Factors that the court must consider |
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286 | (3) |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (4) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (2) |
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295 | (116) |
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297 | (40) |
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Why are easements and profits important? |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (9) |
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There must be a dominant and a servient tenement |
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301 | (1) |
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An easement must accommodate the dominant tenement |
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301 | (1) |
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The dominant and servient owners must be different persons |
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302 | (1) |
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The right must be capable of forming the subject matter of a grant |
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302 | (1) |
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There must be certainty of description |
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303 | (1) |
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The right must be of a type generally recognized by the law as an easement |
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303 | (4) |
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A comparison of easements with other rights |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (4) |
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308 | (2) |
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310 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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312 | (19) |
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Grant and reservation of easements |
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312 | (1) |
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Express grant or reservation |
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313 | (2) |
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Implied grant or reservation |
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315 | (8) |
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323 | (8) |
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Registration of easements |
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331 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (1) |
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Remedies for infringement of an easement |
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332 | (1) |
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Extinguishment of easements |
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332 | (2) |
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Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 |
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334 | (1) |
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334 | (3) |
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335 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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336 | (1) |
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Covenants in freehold land |
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337 | (44) |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (3) |
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The original parties to the covenant |
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342 | (4) |
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Law of Property Act 1925, s. 56(1) |
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342 | (2) |
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Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 |
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344 | (2) |
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The common law rules for passing of the benefit and burden of a covenant |
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346 | (5) |
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The passing of the benefit at common law |
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346 | (4) |
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The passing of the burden at common law |
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350 | (1) |
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The equitable rules for the passing of the benefit and the burden |
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351 | (17) |
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The passing of the benefit in equity |
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352 | (11) |
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The passing of the burden of restrictive covenants in equity |
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363 | (4) |
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When should the common law rules for the passing of the benefit be used and when should the equitable rules be used? |
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367 | (1) |
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368 | (5) |
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Granting a leasehold estate |
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368 | (1) |
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Leasehold enfranchisement |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (1) |
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369 | (1) |
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Doctrine of mutual benefit and burden |
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369 | (1) |
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Chains of indemnity covenants |
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370 | (1) |
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Covenants entered into by successors in title |
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371 | (1) |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (3) |
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Remedies for breach of covenant |
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373 | (3) |
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Modification and discharge of covenants |
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376 | (5) |
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379 | (1) |
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379 | (1) |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (30) |
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382 | (1) |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (20) |
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Creating a legal mortgage |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (5) |
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Rights and remedies of the mortgagee |
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390 | (10) |
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400 | (4) |
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404 | (1) |
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Remedies of the equitable mortgagee |
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405 | (1) |
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405 | (6) |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
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407 | (1) |
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407 | (1) |
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408 | (1) |
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409 | (2) |
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411 | (42) |
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413 | (19) |
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414 | (2) |
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The property register: the description of the land |
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416 | (4) |
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416 | (2) |
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Corporeal hereditaments: the extent of the land |
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418 | (1) |
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Incorporeal hereditaments: the right of way |
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418 | (2) |
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The proprietorship register |
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420 | (2) |
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422 | (5) |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (4) |
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427 | (1) |
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Interests that are not shown on the register |
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427 | (2) |
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429 | (3) |
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430 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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Exam technique and the perils of question spotting |
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432 | (17) |
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433 | (2) |
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How to begin the revision process |
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433 | (1) |
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Look at what you already have |
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434 | (1) |
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434 | (1) |
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435 | (1) |
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435 | (1) |
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435 | (1) |
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435 | (1) |
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436 | (1) |
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436 | (1) |
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Whether objects form part of land |
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436 | (1) |
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Objects lost and found on land |
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437 | (1) |
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The structure of land law |
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437 | (1) |
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437 | (1) |
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The policy of the 1925 property legislation |
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438 | (1) |
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438 | (1) |
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438 | (1) |
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439 | (1) |
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439 | (1) |
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439 | (1) |
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439 | (1) |
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440 | (1) |
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440 | (2) |
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Essential requirements of a lease |
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440 | (1) |
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Distinguishing between leases and licences |
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441 | (1) |
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441 | (1) |
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442 | (1) |
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Essay questions: critical analysis of the law |
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442 | (1) |
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Problem questions on adverse possession |
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442 | (1) |
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Co-ownership and TOLATA 1996 |
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443 | (3) |
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444 | (1) |
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444 | (2) |
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446 | (1) |
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446 | (2) |
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446 | (1) |
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447 | (1) |
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Covenants in freehold land |
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448 | (1) |
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449 | (4) |
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Read the question: who are you advising? |
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449 | (1) |
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What kind of mortgage is it? |
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450 | (1) |
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Look at the mortgage agreement itself and its implications for the mortgagor |
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450 | (1) |
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Has the mortgagor fallen behind with his or her repayments? |
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450 | (3) |
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451 | (1) |
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451 | (2) |
Glossary |
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453 | (10) |
Index |
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