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all that, in the exam room your mind goes blank, then identify a case by giving a few of its key facts: ‘In a case where the young man was befriended by the gentleman farmer who made

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6. The leasehold estate  

licence often require you to compare and contrast case law to the facts in your exam question. Be sure to know both the key facts of each case and the legal reasoning behind each decision

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13. Skills for Success in Coursework Assessments  

are our tools and we must use them precisely to convey what we mean. Writing well is an essential requirement and if you have been pulled up about this in formative coursework, or, if

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12. Easements and profits  

way of necessity where it is essential for any use of the land to be enjoyed. An easement will be implied out of common intention where it is essential for the land to be enjoyed for

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8. Proprietary Estoppel  

over a long period. 10 This lengthy discussion of the case law is absolutely required in this question. The second essential ingredient 11 of the doctrine is that the claimant must

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11. Licences and proprietary estoppel  

in title. Since enforceability against third parties is an essential characteristic of a proprietary interest, this case also determined that contractual licences do not have proprietary

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5. The freehold estate  

later decision of Thorner v Major [2009] (an inheritance expectation case) has suggested this is not the case. Perhaps the strictness applied in Cobbe can be partly explained because

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9. Leases and Licences  

Council v Irwin [1977] AC 239. In this case, the House of Lords said that there is an implied obligation on a landlord to maintain essential access and services to premises without

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8. Adverse possession  

discussed in Pye (JA) (Oxford) Ltd v Graham [2003] so a good understanding of this case is essential. Factual possession by the adverse possessor The adverse possessor must

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4. Transfer of Title and Third-Party Rights  

lost modern grant. The right may be negatived (in either case) by permission having been granted to him, as one of the essentials of all forms of prescription is that the user upon which

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12. Mortgages  

no property worth redeeming, was held to be void. 2 This is case law, so you need to have good coverage of the cases. Postponement, of itself, may not necessarily be bad, however

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7. Covenants in leases  

you need to concern yourself with revising the facts of these cases. Key cases CASE FACTS PRINCIPLE Brew Brothers Ltd v Snax (Ross) Ltd

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2. The distinction between legal and equitable interests  

unregistered land, discussed in chapter 4. Unregistered land 4. Key cases CASE FACTS PRINCIPLE Coatsworth v Johnson (1885) 55 LJQB 220 Claimant

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10. Easements and Profits  

change in some recent case law, such as an easement allowing noise from a racetrack ( Coventry (t/a RDC Promotions) v Lawrence [2014] UKSC 13 ). In this case, the Supreme Court held