Since the publication of the last edition in 1994, there have been major developments in this area of the law. In addition to the numerous judicial decisions, important legislative changes have also been incorporated; these include the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995, the Landlord and Tenant (covenants) Act 1995, the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, the Housing Act 1996, the Land Registration Act 1997, and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. The various Reports of the Law Commission have also been incorporated, including the far-reaching Consultative Document on Land Registration for the Twenty-First Century.
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PART I; Introduction to the Modern Law; 1. The pattern of development; 2. The common law system; 3. Modification of the common law by equity; 4. Settlements; 5. The simplification of the law in 1925 and 1996; 6. Contract before conveyance; 7. The definition of land; PART II; Estates and Interests in Land; A; The Estate in Fee Simple Absolute in Possession; 8. The estate in fee simple absolute in possession; B; Interests arising under a strict settlement or trust of land; 9. The strict settlement and the trust for sale before 1997; 10. The trust of land; 11. Concurrent interests; 12. Entailed interests; 13. Life interests; 14. Future interests; 15. Determinable interests; 16. Interests upon condition subsequent; C; Commercial Interests; I; Interests conferring a right to the land itself; 17. Leasehold interests; II; Interests conferring a right enforceable against the land of another; 18. Easements and profits; 19. Licences; 20. Restrictive covenants; 21. Rentcharges; 22. Mortgages; PART III; The Transfer and Extinction of Estates and Interests; A; Transfer inter vivos by estate owners; 23. Beneficial owners. The sale of land; 24. Other estate owners; B; Transfer on death; 25. Testacy; 26. Intestacy; C; Extinction of estates and interests; 27. Extinction under the Limitation Act 1980; 28. Merger; D; Incapacities and disabilities with regard to the holding and transfer of estates and interests; 29. Incapacities and disabilities; PART IV; Planning Law; 30. Planning control; 31. Compulsory purchase and compensation; Index
