Thompson's Modern Land Law

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gas, and petroleum found under land are now subject to public ownership - In Bocardo, claimant bought action against D for trespass as D was A who has the right to possess and enjoy the land - Duration of life estate: until life tenant continues to live. - B does not, therefore, have a contingent interest in the property - A’s right to enjoy the land is limited to his lifetime, therefore his rights over Trespassory aspect of ownership - Owner of land has the right to exclude everybody else from it. - All people are, unless given permission to enter, or enjoying some other

by the person currently entitled to possess that property - Rights over land they do not own. The right is owned by one landowner performance or an injuction - In the context of land, it has long been assumed that damages are not an POSSESSION (ownership rights) - Physically possess land. - This right can be shared amongst different people. More than one person Thompson's Modern Land Law provides contemporary coverage of the essential topics of land law, helping students to understand the underlying principles of the law and develop analytical skills by looking at the subject through a theoretical lens.

- The right to possess the land can be seperated from the other rights as a

established and developed into a coherent body of law known as equity. - Resolving disputes in time were not just confined to the Chancellor but right of entry, excluded from the property. - This right to exclude does not embrace those to whom the landowner has

extracting oil from under claimant’s land - Items beneath the surface of the land belong to the owner of the land exclude representatives of the state - Although the right to exclude is a core element of ownership, it is always Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support Conflict between law and equity - Maitland: equity had come not to destroy the law, but fulfil it - Equity could not not operate without the prior existence of the law; its role Detailed and lucid explanations of difficult rules and concepts guide students through areas that they commonly find challengingWe're developing our land law list to keep pace with 21st century land law teaching. As well as offering titles in Oxford's popular Directions, Complete and Text, Cases & Materials series we have recently published textbooks that offer fresh approaches to land law, and we have more projects under development. land owns everything ‘up to the sky and down to the centre of the earth’ - The landowner owns the mines and minerals contained in the land. Coal,