LL3105 - Property Law A (Land Law) (2025/26)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2025/26, but may be subject to modification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Module title | Property Law A (Land Law) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Module level | Honours (06) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Guildhall School of Business and Law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Running in 2025/26(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
This module provides a sound understanding of:
1. The legal concept of property and the variety of property rights and their protection.
2. The foundation concepts, principles and areas of Land Law.
Prior learning requirements
2.2 Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
Syllabus
Nature and Classification of Property Rights
Legal Rights
Ownership, possession, custody/occupation
Classification of property rights
The foundation concepts of land law
Divisibility of ownership of land - tenures and estates, third party rights
The physical extent of land - airspace, substrata, fixtures
Proprietary estoppel
Transfers of Property Rights
The principle of assignability
The problem of reconciling property rights with the interests of purchasers
Legal Title to Land
The 1925 legislation Overreaching
Registration of title - minor and overriding interests
An introduction to registered conveyancing
Security and Restitution
Concept of Security Land Mortgages
Creation
Rights and remedies of mortgagee
The equity of redemption
Priority of mortgages
Other Proprietary Securities
Mortgages of personality
Equitable charges, express and implied
Leases
Nature and type of leases, legal and functional
Distinction from licence
Rights and obligations implied by law and under common express terms
Assignments, of lease and of reversion
Termination at common law
Statutory Protection of Leases (in outline)
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
Scheduled teaching comprises15 two-hour lectures and 15 90 minute tutorials.Independent study comprises 87.5 hours of directed reading, research, class preparation and formative assessments.
Learning outcomes
Having completed this module, students will be able to do the following:
1. Understand the concept of property and the variety of property rights and their protection and the value of property rights in the event of insolvency.
2. Appreciate the role of trusts in Land Law.
3. Understand the various concepts, principles and areas of Land Law and the relationship between those areas.
4. Demonstrate the ability to write critical, discursive essays relating to the topics covered in the syllabus.
5. In the context of the land law, to demonstrate a basic ability to bring together information and materials from a variety of different sources; to produce a synthesis of doctrinal and policy issues; and to make a critical judgment of the merits of particular arguments.
6. Demonstrate an ability to use appropriate legal terminology and language in the context of Land Law.