Modern Land Law

Modern Land Law is one of the most current and reliable textbooks available on land law today, offering a lively and thought-provoking account of a subject that remains at the heart of our legal system. Dispelling any apprehension about the subject’s formidability from the outset, this compact textbook provides an absorbing and exact analysis of all the key legal principles relating to land.

Written with students firmly in mind, a clear introduction to every chapter frames each topic in its wider context and corresponding chapter summaries help to consolidate learning and encourage reflection.

This 10th edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to take into account key developments in the law including an updated chapter on ‘Registered Title’ in the light of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Swift First v Chief Land Registrar. There is an update on the Law Commission’s recommendations on easements and covenants, including the ‘Right to Light’ as well as analysis of recent, often contradictory, decisions in case law relating to Cohabitation.

The book is supported by a companion website providing a fully customizable testbank for lecturers; self-test questions and practice exam-style questions for students as well as podcasts to keep students updated with new cases, important decisions and other newsworthy issues relating to land law.

Professor Martin Dixon is a Professor in the Law of Real Property, Cambridge University and a Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge. He is visiting Professor of Law at City University, London. He examines and writes extensively on property law and is a member of the editorial team of The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, the leading property law journal.