Plural Ownership

by Smith, Roger J.

• ISBN13: 9780198298526
• ISBN10: 0198298528
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Plural Ownership is a thorough and thought-provoking analysis focussing on the principles underlying two areas of property law: concurrent ownership (in particular severance of joint tenancies) and successive ownership, and examines how they shade into each other. Smith first considers the range of rights recognized by the law and the ways in which these rights operate. The book then moves on to survey the regulation of these rights, principally by statute, providing a detailed examination of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, and exploring the principles behind the Act. He provides an in-depth investigation of this legislation and the ways in which it relates to earlier principles and authorities.

Author Biography

Roger J. Smith is Fellow and Tutor in Law at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases	viii
Table of Legislation, Overseas Statutes and Statutory Instruments	xvii
PART I INTRODUCTION
Plural Ownership	3	(8)
PART II FORMS OF PLURAL OWNERSHIP OF LAND
Successive Interests in Land	11	(11)
Co-Ownership: Requirements and Forms	22	(25)
Termination of Co-Ownership; Severance	47	(36)
Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common Reviewed	83	(10)
PART III REGULATION OF PLURAL OWNERSHIP OF LAND
Regulation: Introduction and Scope	93	(25)
Occupation: Rights, Control, and Consequences	118	(24)
Powers of Trustees: Extent, Exercise, and Control	142	(42)
Protection of Purchasers	184	(23)
PART IV OTHER PROPERTY
Plural Ownership of Property Other Than Land	207	(12)
Index	219