The law of real property / by Robert Megarry and William Wade; ninth edition by Elizabeth Cooke, Stuart Bridge and Martin Dixon.

London: Sweet & Maxwell: 2019.

9th edition

89076

Real property -- Great Britain.

1. Introduction

2.Tenures and estates

3. Estates

4. Possession of land

5. Unregistered conveyancing: titles and incumbrances

6. Registration of title

7. Adverse possession and limitation

8. Perpetuities and accumulation

9. The use of trusts in the law of real property

10. Creating trusts of land

11. The trusts of land and appointment of Trustees Act 1996

12. Co-ownership

13. Wills and intestacy

14. Contracts of sale

15. Proprietary estoppel

16. The nature and creation of leases

17. Determination of tenancies

18. Common obligations of landlord and tenant

19. Leasehold covenants

20. Leasehold conveyancing

21. Security of tenure

22. Fixtures

23. The nature and creation of mortgages and charges

24. Rights of parties under a mortgage and charge

25. Priority of mortgages

26. The nature of easements and profits

27. Creation of Easements and Profits

28. Enforcement and extinguishment of easements and profits

29. Species of easements and profits

30. Other incorporeal hereditaments

31. Freehold covenants

32. Commonhold

33. Licences

34. Legal Incapacities.

Now in its 9th Edition, Megarry and Wade: The Law of Real Property provides a comprehensive and authoritative coverage of all aspects of the contemporary law of real property. It covers the whole of the English law of real property, together with related subjects such as conveyancing, leases and wills and intestacy, in a single volume. Due to the book's long history and its association with Sir Robert Megarry V.C. and Sir William Wade, it is viewed as a highly authoritative source of English Land Law. Key features: Places the development of land law in a historical context and sets out clearly the legal framework for real property, enabling practitioners to put the current law in context Provides a comprehensive examination of the rights and liabilities of landowners, setting out the legal requirements, explaining the technical issues and providing authoritative interpretation of statutes and measured analysis of relevant decisions Deals with the complex issues that can arise in relation to priorities between competing interests, highlighting potential issues and the means to resolve them Includes extensive case referencing, showing how the law can be applied in practice Key developments in land registration including Gold Harp Properties Ltd v MacLeod [2014] EWCA Civ 1084, Swift 1st Ltd v Chief Land Registrar [2015] EWCA Civ 330 and NRAM Ltd v Evans [2017] EWCA Civ 1013 Coverage of the Law Commission's recommendations for the updating of the Land Registration Act 2002 Key developments in the law relating to adverse possession including Zarb v Parry [2011] EWCA Civ 1306, Best v Chief Land Registrar [2014] EWHC 1370 (Admin), and Smith v Molyneax [2016] UKPC 35. - Publisher's website.

Includes appendices.

Megarry & Wade : the law of real property

9780414066991

ccliv, 1499 pages ; 25 cm