Land Law Essay Help : Case List

The following are links to individual study areas and a synopsis of each case referred to on those pages, in our land law essay help study pages:

Land : a definition *NEW*
Ownership of land: what is included? Airspace, water, minerals etc, chattels/fixtures

Bernstein of Leigh (Baron) v Skyviews & General Limited (1978) QB 479
Botham v TSB Bank plc (1996) 73 P & CR D1
Bursill Enterprises Pty Ltd v Berger Bros Trading Co Pty Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 73
Case of Mines (1568) 1 Plowd 310 at 336, 75 ER 472
Deen v Andrews (1986) 1 EGLR 262
Holland v Hodgson (1872) LR 7 CP 328
Macht v Department of Assets of Baltimore City, 296 A2d 162 (1972)
Mitchell v Mosley (1914) 1 Ch 438
Re Trizec Manitoba Ltd and City Assessor for the City of Winnipeg (1986) 25 DLR (4th) 444
Reilly v Booth (1890) 44 Ch D 12
Stack v T Eaton Co (1902) 4 OLR 335
Wiltshear v Cottrell (1853) 1 E & B 674

Property and Human Rights *NEW*
The ECHR/Human Rights Act and land: Article 8, Articles 10 and 11

Appleby and Others v United Kingdom (2003) 37 EHRR 783
Connors v United Kingdom Application No 66746/01 (27 May 2004)
Harrow LBC v Qazi (2004) 1 AC 983
Mark Anderson and Others v United Kingdom (1998) 25 EHRR CD 172
Wood v United Kingdom (1997) 24 EHRR CD 69; (1997) 2 EHRLR 685 

Registration *NEW*
The system of registration and mirror principle, types of titles to registered land, unregistered titles and the good root of title

Racoon Ltd v Turnbull (1997) AC 158
British American Cattle Co v Caribe Farm Industries (1998) 1 WLR 1529


Possession *NEW*
Adverse possession in registered and unregistered land

Buckinghamshire County Council v Moran (1988) 86 LGR 472
J A Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham [2002] UKHL 30
Powell v McFarlane (1979) 38 P & CR 452

Licences *NEW*
Bare and contractual licences, licences coupled with an equity or grant of interest, the difference between a lease and a licence

AG Securities v Vaughan (1988) 3 WLR 1205
Antoniades v Villiers (1988) 3 WLR 1205
Goldsack v Shore (1950) 1 KB 708
Hillen and Pettigrew v ICI (Alkali) Ltd (1936) AC 65
Muskett v Hill (1839) 5 Bing (NC) 694
National Provincial Bank Ltd v Hastings Car Mart Ltd (1964) Ch 665
R (Beresford) v Sunderland CC (2004) 1 AC 889
R v London CC, ex p Corrie (1918) 1 KB 68
R v Pratt (1855) 4 E & B 860, 119 ER 319
Street v Mountford (1985) Ac 809
The Carlgarth (1927) P 93
Thomas v Sorrell (1673) Vaugh 330

Co-ownership and The Four Unities *NEW*
Co-ownership, beneficial joint tenancy, the four unities of interest, title, time and possession, severance of joint tenancies, the right of survivorship, tenants in common in equity

Burgess v Rawnsley (1975) Ch 42
Greenfield v Greenfield (1979) 38 P & CR 570
Harris v Goddard (1983) 1 WLR 1203
Nielson-Jones v Fedden (1975) Ch 222
Palmer v Rich [1897] 1 Ch 134

Public Rights in land *NEW*
Public rights to use the highway, to fish, passage in navigable waters, customary rights and rights of recreational access

Brady v Northern Ireland Housing Executive (1990) NI 200
DPP v Jones (1999) 2 AC 240 at 257D
Mercer v Denne (1905) 2 Ch 538
YB Mich 8 Edw IV, pl 30 (1466)

Leases *NEW*
Leases and tenancies, basic requirements, rent, exclusive possession v exclusive occupation, certain term of years and leases v. licences

AG Securities v Vaughan (1988) 3 WLR 1205
Antoniades v Villiers (1988) 3 WLR 1205
Birrell v Carey (1989) 8 P & CR 184
Doe d Tucker v Morse (1830) 1 B & Ad 365 at 369, 109 ER 822
Lace v Chandler (1944) KB 368
Lewis v Bell (1985) 1 NSWLR 731
Royal Philanthropic Society v County (1985) 276 EG 1068
Say v Smith (1563) 1 Plowd 269
Street v Mountford (1985) Ac 809
Voli v Inglewood Shire Council (1963) 110 CLR
Westminster CC v Clarke (1992) 2 AC 288

Other legal estates in land *NEW*
Easements, Profits a Prendre, Covenants

Adair v National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty [1998] NI 33
ER Ives Investment Ltd v High [1967] 2 QB 379, [1967] 1 All ER 504, CA
Hawkins v Rutter [1892] 1 QB 668, DC
Poster v Slough Estates Ltd [1969] 1 Ch 495
Roe v Siddons (1888) 22 QBD 224

KEY AREA - Informal creation of rights in land

Proprietary Estoppel *NEW*
Promissory Estoppel *NEW*
Implied Trusts *NEW*
Resulting Trusts *NEW*
Constructive Trusts *NEW*
Express Bargain Constructive Trusts *NEW*
Implied Bargain Constructive Trusts *NEW*

Equitable Rights In or Over Land *NEW*
Equitable maxims, specific performance, estate contracts

Brunker v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd (1937) 57 CLR 555
Mason v Clarke (1954) 1 QB 460
Warmington v Miller (1973) QB 877
Attorney General v Blake (2001) 1 AC 268
Sonenco (No 77) Pty Ltd v Silvia (1989) 89 ALR 437
Oughtred v IRC (1960) AC 206
Lysaght v Edwards (1876) 2 Ch D 399
Raineri v Miles (1981) Ac 1050; (1980) CLJ 21

Covenants affecting Freehold Land *NEW*
Covenants running with the land at law and in equity, the benefit and burden of the covenant, Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act

Mayor of Congleton v Pattison (1808) 10 East 130
Webb v Russell (1789) 3 Term Rep 393
Smith and Snipes Hall Farm Ltd v River Douglas Catchment Board [1949] 2 KB 500, [1949] 2 All ER 179, CA
The Prior's Case (1368) Co Litt 385a
Rogers v Hosegood [1900] 2 Ch 388
Shayler v Woolf [1946] 1 All ER 464
Austerberry v Oldham Corpn (1885) 29 ChD 750, CA
Halsall v Brizell [1957] Ch 169, [1957] 1 All ER 371
Rhone v Stephens [1994] 2 AC 310, [1994] 2 All ER 65, HL
Luker v Dennis (1877) 7 Ch D 227
Newton Abbot Co-operative Society Ltd v Williamson and Treadgold Ltd [1952] Ch 286, [1952] 1 All ER 279

Regulation of Leases and Tenancies *NEW*
Breach of obligations in a lease/tenancy, landlord's obligations, quiet enjoyment, no derogation from grant, fitness of premises for purpose or habitation

Amrani v Oniah (1984) CLY 1974
Budd-Scott v Daniell (1902) 2 KB 351
Williams v Burrell (1845) 1 CB 402
Stannard v Forbes (1837) 6 Ad & El 572
Southwark LBC v Mills (2001) Ch 1
Todburn Pty Ltd v Taormina International Pty Ltd (1990) 5 BPR 11,173
Yankwood Ltd v Havering LBC (1998) EGCS 75
Birmingham, Dudley and District Banking Co v Ross (1988) 38 Ch D 295
Smith v Marrable (1843) 11 M & W 5
Wilson v Finch Hatton (1877) 2 Ex D 336
Collins v Hopkins (1923) 2 KB 617
Maclean v Currie (1884) Cab & El 361
Hart v Windsor (1843) 12 M & W 68, 152 ER 1114
Pampris v Thanos (1968) 1 NSWR 56
Liverpool CC v Irwin (1977) AC 239
Jones v Bartlett (2000) 205 CLR 166

Mortgages (Legal) *NEW*
Creation of legal mortgages/charges, priorities, mortgagors and mortgagees, registration and redemption

Frazer v Jones (1846) 5 Hare 475

Mortgages (Equitable) *NEW*
Creation of equitable mortgages/charges, priorities, mortgagors and mortgagees, registration and redemption, effect of fraud/forgery

Re Slee, ex p North Western Bank (1872) LR 15 Eq 69
Tennant v Trenchard (1869) 4 Ch App 537
Swiss Bank Corpn v Lloyds Bank Ltd [1982] AC 584, [1980] 2 All ER 419, CA; affd [1982] AC 584, [1981] 2 All ER 449, HL
Winter v Lord Anson (1827) 3 Russ 488
Commission for the New Towns v Cooper (GB) Ltd [1995] Ch 259, [1995] 2 All ER 929, CA
McCausland v Duncan Lawrie Ltd [1996] 4 All ER 995, [1997] 1 WLR 38, CA
Lloyds Bank v Bryant [1996] NPC 31, CA
Daulia Ltd v Four Millbank Nominees Ltd [1978] Ch 231, [1978] 2 All ER 557, CA
United Bank of Kuwait plc v Sahib [1997] Ch 107, [1996] 3 All ER 215, CA

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