This 15-credit module will provide students with an introduction to the fundamental principles of the law of property in England and Wales. Together with the 15-credit Land Law and Equity & Trusts modules, it is designed to satisfy the property law requirements of the professional bodies for those students who intend to practise law in England and Wales. It is designed to provide students with a sound understanding of the key features of property law and of the framework within which the property lawyer operates, and the wide range of matters this covers. It offers students the opportunity to acquire the following skills:
Research skills: finding relevant cases and articles; effective use of a large and technical body of statutory material;
Reasoning skills: understanding how different judges can reach radically different conclusions on the same facts;
Problem/solving skills: understanding how many issues can be thrown up by the same set of facts;
Critical analysis skills: assessing how effective the law of property is, and how it might be made more effective.
Module Aims and Objectives
To provide an appropriate foundation for the further study of Land Law and Equity & Trusts
To explain and critically consider:
The framework within which the property lawyer operates, and the wide range of matters this covers;
The nature, acquisition and transfer of property interests;
The social and legal contexts in which trusts arise;
The concept of equity and the historical development of equitable principles;
The nature and role of equitable remedies.
Research skills: finding relevant cases and articles; effective use of a large and technical body of statutory material;
Reasoning skills: understanding how different judges can reach radically different conclusions on the same facts;
Problem/solving skills: understanding how many issues can be thrown up by the same set of facts;
Critical analysis skills: assessing how effective the law of property is, and how it might be made more effective.
Module Aims and Objectives
To provide an appropriate foundation for the further study of Land Law and Equity & Trusts
To explain and critically consider:
The framework within which the property lawyer operates, and the wide range of matters this covers;
The nature, acquisition and transfer of property interests;
The social and legal contexts in which trusts arise;
The concept of equity and the historical development of equitable principles;
The nature and role of equitable remedies.
- Module Supervisor: Edward Mitchell