Land Law

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Cover -- Contents -- Guided tour -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes -- Table of statutory instruments -- Table of European legislation -- Chapter 1 Introduction to land law -- The national obsession -- The structure of land ownership in England and Wales -- The 1925 reforms and the doctrine of estates -- The two legal estates: freehold and leasehold -- Commonhold land -- Registered and unregistered land -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 What is land? -- What does it mean to own land? -- The definition of land -- Land as a slice of the earth -- Boundaries

Fixtures and chattels -- Things found on the land -- Limitations on land ownership -- Chapter 3 The acquisition of freehold land -- The conveyancing process -- Investigation of title -- Formalities -- The contract -- Completion -- Registration -- Electronic conveyancing -- Chapter 4 Interests in land -- Legal interests -- Creation of legal interests -- Equitable interests -- The creation and transfer of equitable interests -- Importance of the distinction between legal and equitable interests -- Enforcing interests in land pre-1926 -- Enforcement of interests in registered land

Enforcement of interest…