LW303-5-AU-CO:
Land Law
2016/17
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
15
12 April 2013
Requisites for this module
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LLB M122 English and French Law (Maitrise),
LLB M100 Law,
LLB M100MD Law,
LLB M101 Law (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M107 Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M120 Law (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM20 Law with Human Rights,
LLB MM21 Law with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM22 Law with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML14 Law with Politics (Including Year Abroad),
LLB ML15 Law with Politics (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML16 Law with Politics
MODULE DESCRIPTION
This 15 credit module builds on the ground laid by LW109 Foundations of Property Law and satisfies the Land Law requirement of the academic stage of professional training for those intending to practise law in England and Wales. More generally, it provides an introduction to an area of law which is unique in its nature and importance, and which is of vital concern to everyone. It is also of considerable academic interest and will engage the intellect. In particular, land law has its own terminology which will be explained and with which students will become familiar.
Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able:
- To understand the framework within which the property lawyer operates, and the wide range of matters this covers;
- To understand how the law has come to recognise certain types of interest in land, while refusing to protect other types;
and, most importantly,
- To appreciate the tension evident in the modern law between the opposing principles of certainty in the conveyancing process on the one hand, and social justice (especially the protection of the 'rights' of those who are not legal owners of property) on the other. This is often described as the tension between facilitating the transfer of ownership of land and the acknowledgement and protection of others' rights in that same land. The history of land law has been the history of making the transfer of land ownership and the creation and protection of different interests in the same piece of land ever easier, thus reflecting land's unique economic and social utility.
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1 Trusts of the family home
2 Unregistered land
3 Registered land
4 Transferring estates in land: an outline of the conveyancing process
5 Leases and Licences: essential landlord and tenant law; introduction to the lease/licence distinction
6 Mortgages
7 Easements
Two one-hour lectures per week
Four fortnightly seminars
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Summative Essay Question |
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90% |
| Practical |
LW303 Participation |
|
5% |
| Practical |
LW303 Preparation |
|
5% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Matt Stone, Ed Mitchell
Law General Office, 01206 872529, lawugadmin@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Robin William John Hickey
The Queen's University of Belfast
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 112 hours, 20 (17.9%) hours available to students:
92 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
Essex Law School
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