The only book on land law to include a running case study to illustrate how the law works in practice. Trusted by students for over 30 years, Textbook on Land Law gives a practical and innovative edge to modern land law. Perfectly pitched for students studying land law for the first time, the running case study will galvanize interest in the topics by allowing students to visualize and engage with the topics. - Features practical examples throughout to provide students with a frame of reference to put this often abstract subject into a clear context - Combines academic detail and accuracy with a direct and engaging writing style to give lucidity to complex areas - Examines core areas covered on land and property law courses, and has been consistently relied upon and refined over seventeen editions - Includes extracts and sample legal documents to demonstrate how land law works in the real world and end-of chapter further reading references to direct additional research New to this edition: - New self-test questions with immediate feedback at the end of every chapter to review and improve knowledge retention - Discussion of the effect of 'adverse possession' of registered land by a fraudulently registered proprietor in Nasrullah v Rashid (2018). - Examination of the role of intention in defining the lease/licence distinction in Global 100 Ltd v Laleva (2021). - Analysis of Ali v Khatib (2022) on the circumstances in which 'occupation rent' is payable by a co-owner in occupation to a co-owner who is not in occupation - Consideration of Hudson v Hathaway (2022) on the effect of changing intentions on a beneficial joint tenancy of the family home and the need for detrimental reliance where a common intention constructive trust is being recognised - Commentary on the important new Supreme Court decision on remedies in proprietary estoppel cases, Guest v Guest (2022). Digital formats and resources The 19th edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. - The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks - This textbook is also accompanied by online resources including self-test questions with instant feedback and guidance on approaching land law problems.

About the Author
Dr Aruna Nair is a Fellow and Tutor in Law at Hertford College, Oxford, where she teaches the law of trusts and land law. She is also an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford, where she lectures on aspects of the law on land registration and trustee duties. She was previously a lecturer at King's College London and, before that, a research assistant with the Property, Family and Trusts team at the Law Commission for England and Wales.

Reviews
Review from previous edition Accessible and nurturing, [this is] perhaps the best all-rounder textbook on land law available at present. * Dr Tim Sinnamon, Royal Holloway, University of London *
It is designed with a student's needs in mind. In depth relevant examples make it interesting. * Andrea Garvey, law student, Swansea University *
Well stated and clear. Great basis for further discussion and clarity of explanation. * Anne Street, Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London *
It is excellent, provides students with a comprehensive review of the law, as well as giving them useful pointers in terms of reform. * Emily Allbon, Senior Lecturer, City, University of London *



Book Information
ISBN 9780192858832
Author Aruna Nair
Format Paperback
Page Count 704
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 171mm * 27mm