Ben McFarlane is Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St John's College. He has published a widely on land law and is the author of The Law of Proprietary Estoppel (OUP 2nd edn 2020) and The Structure of Property Law (Hart, 2008). He is also a contributor to Snell's Equity (Sweet & Maxwell).
Nicholas Hopkins is a Law Commissioner for England and Wales and Professor of Law at the University of Reading. He has published widely on land law and has a particular interest in law and the family home. He is a member and former chair of the board of Modern Studies in Property Law, an academic member of the Property Bar Association, an honorary member of the Property Litigation Association and an honorary bencher of Middle Temple. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner he taught land law for over twenty years.
Sarah Nield is a Professor of Property Law at Southampton University. She has been teaching land law since 1982, having previously held posts at Hong Kong University and the University of Bristol and has also taught conveyancing, equity and trusts and company law. Sarah is published widely in the area of property law and is also a qualified solicitor.

• Part A: Introduction


• 1: What's special about land?


• 2: What is land?


• 3: Registration


• Part B: The Content Question


• 4: Human rights and land


• 5: Legal estates and legal interests


• 6: Equitable interests


• 7: Personal rights: Licences


• Part C: The Acquisition Question


• 8: Formal methods of acquisition: contracts, deeds, and registration


• 9: Adverse possession


• 10: Proprietary estoppel


• 11: Trusts


• Part D: The Shared Home


• 12: Interests in the home: the acquisition question


• 13: Regulating co-ownership: the content question


• 14: Co-ownership and third parties: applications for sale


• Part E: Priority: The Defences Question and Land Registration


• 15: The priority triangle


• 16: Priorities in registered land


• 17: Co-ownership and priorities: the defences question


• 18: Reform of the land registration act 2002


• Part F: Leases


• 19: Leases


• 20: Regulating leases and protecting occupiers


• 21: Leasehold covenants


• Part G: Neighbours and Neighbourhoods


• 22: Easements


• 23: Freehold covenants


• 24: Flat ownership: long leases and commonhold


• Part H: Security Interests


• 25: Security interests in land


• 26: Lender's rights and remedies


• 27: Protection of borrower

Land Law: Text, Cases, and Materials offers a comprehensive, critical, and case-focused approach to the subject, combining insightful author commentary with carefully selected extracts to fully support students.