Contents.Introduction·DevelopmentofEnglishLaw.Land Law·Personal Property Law (if time)·Concluding remarks
Contents • Introduction • Development of English Law • Land Law • Personal Property Law (if time) • Concluding remarks
DevelopmentofEnglishLaw1066-BeginningoftheCommonLaw.1066-1450FormativePeriod· After 1500 Common law was set·After 1500 Rise of Equity (trusts).1870sMergerofjurisdictionsthroughcourt reform
Development of English Law • 1066 – Beginning of the Common Law • 1066 – 1450 Formative Period • After 1500 Common law was set • After 1500 Rise of Equity (trusts) • 1870s Merger of jurisdictions through court reform
LandLaw· Feudal System, mainly based inCommon Law· All sorts of fees existed- Fee Simple- Fee Tail-Lifeestate
Land Law • Feudal System, mainly based in Common Law • All sorts of fees existed − Fee Simple − Fee Tail − Life estate
Land Law·ReformwithLawof PropertyActs1925·IncludesLawofPropertyAct1925,S.1.1.LegalestatesandequitableinterestsTheonlyestatesinlandwhicharecapableofsubsistingorofbeingconveyedorcreatedatlaware-a)Anestateinfeesimpleabsoluteinpossession;b)A term of years absolute
Land Law • Reform with Law of Property Acts 1925 • Includes Law of Property Act 1925, S.1. ‘1. Legal estates and equitable interests The only estates in land which are capable of subsisting or of being conveyed or created at law are – a) An estate in fee simple absolute in possession; b) A term of years absolute.’
LandLaw·Legal Estates-FeeSimple- Term of Years
Land Law • Legal Estates − Fee Simple − Term of Years