LAND LAW CLOSED BOOK QUESTIONS Flashcards
What does land include?
Land inclused the ground. Also permanent aditions e.g. building. The aspects of land you cannot see. This is about rights over land.
Names for who owns the land
- TITLE, freehold/ leasehold title, possession, the right to possession, occupation
What is land below the ground?
- Minerals
- Items buried in the ground boat six feet under elwes v brigg gas co 1886
- Broach nine inches under
What is the land on the ground?
- Money on the shop floor is NOT A CLAIM Bridges v hawksworht 1851
- Gold bracelet in passenger lounge NOT LAND- Parker v british airways board 1982
What is above the ground?
- Airspace see kelsen v imperial tobacco co 1957
- certain restrictions of s 76 of civil aviation act 1982
What is land referred to water?
- cannto individuals own free flowing water
riverbed is land
individual has right to use water
What is land referred to wild animals>
- can have permission to kill the on their own property
i- animals caught and killed by thw landowner or a trespasser belong to the owner.
Can estates co-exist and often dp?
Yes but that person is not always in possions.
What statute limits the number of legal etsates
s1 1 lpa 1925
what section limits the numner of legal interests to 5
section 1 2 lpa 1925
What are the 2 legal estates
freehold and leasehold
WHt is freehold
fee simple
What is during lease
during lease time
What are the 5 legal interest
mortgage, easement, right of re entry, rentcharge, proofut a orendre
What are the equitable estates and itnerests?
- beneficial itnerest under a trusy
- estate contracts family rights of occupation
- restrictive covenants
estoppel claims
What are equitbale interests
- capable of being proprietary
- this means they can attach themselbes to the land so run with it- in certain circumstances
- but only legal rights bind everyone automatically
- equtiable rights cannot change the legal positions, but they can ensure a different outcome is achieved.