Introduction -- General principles: property interests and their creation and transfer -- Rights to enjoy land: freehold and leasehold estates -- Other interests in land.

Intended primarily for students, this book discusses property concepts in relation to land law. Topics covered include trusts and equitable interests; property interests; the 1925 legislation and growth of land registration; original acquisition, and transfer and creation, of property interests; formalities, trusts and the family home; estoppel; registration of title; joint tenancy and tenancy in common; trusts of land; successive interests; leases; licences; easements and profits; covenants; mortgages. Contains a full discussion of key cases, and explains how they impact on fundamental principles of property law.