Land Law Flashcards
What is ‘real property’?
What are the two tests to determine whether an object is a fixture or a chattel?
What is the definition of ‘estates’?
What is the definition of ‘interests’?
What are the steps to acquire and transfer legal estates?
What are the steps to acquire and transfer equitable estates?
What are the steps to acquire and dispose of legal interests in land?
What are the steps to acquire and dispose of equitable interests in land?
What are the methods to protect and enforce third party interests?
What are the different ways in which land can be held?
What are the legal formalities required to create and transfer interests and estates in land?
What are the rules regarding the registration of title to land?
What are examples of estates that can be substantively registered?
How are interests protected in land?
What are examples of interests that can override registration?
What are examples of interests that need to be protected on the register?
What is the role of title deeds?
What are the relevant land charges?
What is meant by ‘doctrine of notice’?
What are the essential characteristics of easements?
What are the methods for the creation of easements?
What are the rules for the passing of the benefit and burden of freehold covenants?
What are the terms of enforcibility regarding mortgages?
What is the order of priority surrounding mortgages?
What are the lender’s powers and duties regarding mortgages?
What are the protections offered to mortgagors and other third parties with an interest in the land?
What is the relationship between landlord and tenant?
What are essential characteristics of a lease?
What is the difference between a lease and a licence?
What is meant by privity of contract and privity of estate?
What are the rules for the passing of benefit and burden of leasehold covenants and their enforcibility?
What is the purpose and effect of an alienation covenant?
What are the remedies for breach of leasehold covenants?
What are some examples of ways a lease can be terminated?
What is the dfference between joint tenants and tenants in common law and equity?
What is the role of survivorship?
What are the key points of law in relation to the severance of joint tenancies?
How are disagreements solved between co-owners with reference to Trusts of Land & Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 sections 14 and 15
