Meaning Of Land

Question 1

Botham v TSB Bank plc [1996]

Answer 1

Held that carpets, curtains and white goods were seen as chattels.

Kitchen cupboards were fixtures

The test was applied was how easy it was to remove the object

Question 2

Leigh v Taylor [1902]

Answer 2

Tapestries tacked on wooden frames and nailed to walls were chattels

Question 3

Re Whaley [1908]

Answer 3

Tapestries for the purpose of creating an Elizabethan room were fixtures

Question 4

Holland v Hodgson [1872]

Answer 4

Items attached other than by their own weight were fixtures

Spinning looms bolted to the floor were held as fixtures

Question 5

Star Energy v Bocardo [2010]

Answer 5

An energy company carried out drilling activities below the surface of the adjoining property without consent

As the works did not extend to such a depth to render the notion absurd trespass was committed

Question 6

Bernstein v Skyviews [1978]

Answer 6

Bernstein couldn’t stop aerial photos being taken from a reasonable height

S76 Civil Aviation Act 1982

Question 7

S205(1)(xi) Law of Property Act 1925

Answer 7

Land includes mines & minerals, buildings, corporeal and incorporeal hereditaments

Question 8

Corporeal Hereditaments

Answer 8

Tangible objects buildings etc

Question 9

Incorporeal hereditaments

Answer 9

Intangible items such as rights

Question 10

Fixtures

Answer 10

Items attached to the land other than by its own weight

Question 11

Fittings

Answer 11

Items included for personal use