Megarry & Wade: The Law of Real Property is the leading text available on property law, providing comprehensive and authoritative coverage of all aspects of the contemporary law of real property. The work addresses specific areas of law chapter-by-chapter in order to provide a thorough knowledge of the subject, whilst extensive case referencing is used throughout in order to give a practical grounding of the law and its application.
Written by a leading team of academics and practitioners in the field, Megarry & Wade is an interesting, thought-provoking and, above all, understandable exposition of both the law and practice of property law. Students, as well as those involved in property law on a day-to-day basis, can turn to Megarry & Wade secure in the knowledge that it covers all the key elements by way of a detailed, in-depth analysis.
The Tenth Edition contains the following:
- Places the development of land law in a historical context and sets out clearly the legal framework for real property, enabling practitioners to put the current law in context
- Provides a comprehensive examination of the rights and liabilities of landowners, setting out the legal requirements, explaining the technical issues and providing authoritative interpretation of statutes and measured analysis of relevant decisions
- Deals with the complex issues that can arise in relation to priorities between competing interests, highlighting potential issues and the means to resolve them
- New rules on dealings with land in the Charities Act 2022 and Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 and new rules on remote witnessing of wills, and recent case law on testamentary capacity and testamentary fraud
- Coverage of the Law Commission’s Report on the Electronic Execution of Documents (2019)
- Developments in mortgage law, including recent moratoria and new understandings on mortgage enforcement and the Consumer Credit Act
- New leasehold provisions under the Building Safety Act 2022 and new leasehold provisions for fitness for human habitation
- The new occupation contract regime in Wales since 1 December 2022
- New case law on the effect of registration and the meaning of mistake, including Brelsford v Providence Estate Ltd, on the illegality defence, including Stoffel & Co v Grondona, on forfeiture of leases, including Croydon LBC v Kalonga, on town and village greens and commons, including TW Logistics Ltd v Essex CC
- Updates on formalities for the disposition of interests in land and email signatures and on the remedies available in cases of proprietary estoppel