Subjects:

Property Law

Contents:

Part I: Introduction

1. What is Land?

2. The Structure of Land Law

Part II: Legal Estates

3. The Freehold Estate

4. Registration of Title

5. Leases

6. Adverse Possession

Part III: Sole and Joint Owners of Land

7. The Sole Owner of Land

8. Joint Owners of Land (Co-ownership)

9. Trusts and the Family Home

10. Trusts of Land

Part IV: Rights Over Land

11. Easements and Profits

12. Covenants in Freehold Land

13. Mortgages

Part V:The Bigger Picture

14. Completing the Puzzle

15. Exam Technique and the Perils of Question Spotting

Land Law Directions is written in an informal and lively manner with an emphasis on explaining the key topics covered on land law courses with clarity. This colour text is packed with features, diagrams, and photographs for a truly contemporary and student-centred approach. The range of features such as thinking points, example boxes, chapter summaries and end of chapter questions are designed to engage and reinforce knowledge.

Photographs provide immediate and tangible illustration of concepts, rooting the discussion of topics in the context of the real world. The final chapter 'Completing the Puzzle' fosters an integrated understanding of land law by tying all topics together and demonstrating how concepts apply in practice.

The book is fully up to date and includes recent legislation and cases such as Stack v Dowden 2007