MLL325 Final: LAND LAW – Topic One

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Land law deals with the acquisition, nature and transfer and priorities of rights and interests in land. Common law meaning of land: some part of the earth. Including physical components: soil, minerals, vegetation and fixtures. Cuius est solum rule: ownership of land extends up to heaven and down to centre of the earth (fanciful phrase subject to limitations) Three-dimensional space: surface, above the surface and below the surface. Butt: open-ended inverted pyramid (cid:862)la(cid:374)d(cid:863) (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e defi(cid:374)ed fo(cid:396) pu(cid:396)pose of a statute: Two types of land: general law land and torrens title land. All legal interests over land must be in the form of a deed otherwise not legal: s52(1) pla. Exceptions to this are set out in s52(2)(variety of orders) and s54(2)pla sets out that leases not required to be in writing such as oral leases for 3 years and under. Applies to all (cid:858)(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:455)a(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:859) of la(cid:374)d. s(cid:1005)(cid:1012)pla defi(cid:374)es (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:455)a(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:271)(cid:396)oadl(cid:455) to i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude: (cid:858)(cid:373)o(cid:396)tgage, (cid:272)ha(cid:396)ge, lease, asse(cid:374)t,de(cid:272)la(cid:396)atio(cid:374) et(cid:272)(cid:859)

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