ABSTRACT

As a result of its immovable and indestructible nature, land law is subject to a wider variety of rights, obligations and interests than most other areas of law and can often prove daunting to those studying the subject for the first time. Written in the same clear and concise manner as the first edition, Commonwealth Caribbean Property Law guides students helpfully through this often complex and confusing core subject area.


This new edition brings the text fully up to date and incorporates:

  • a new chapter on the sale of land
  • new appendices of sample agreements relating to sale, lease and mortgage of land
  • discussion of recent important judgments from the Privy Council including Ramnarace v Lutchman and Wills v Wills
  • a critical approach to recent legal thinking.

With comprehensive coverage of all the main topics studied by undergraduates, this textbook is essential reading for LLB students as well as those on the CAPE law programme. The extensive coverage of landlord and tenant law from a Caribbean perspective, combined with an analysis of the substantive laws from several jurisdictions, also makes this text a useful and worthwhile reference tool for practitioners.

chapter 1|2 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter |8 pages

Leasehold estate

chapter 2|1 pages

CREATION OF LEASES

chapter |14 pages

Exclusive possession

chapter 10|3 pages

ancy at sufferance

chapter 3|8 pages

LEASEHOLD COVENANTS

LANDLORD’S IMPLIED OBLIGATIONS

chapter |6 pages

EXPRESS COVENANTS

chapter |3 pages

Option to purchase the reversion

chapter 4|30 pages

ASSIGNMENT, TERMINATION OF LEASES AND DISTRESS

ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE AND REVERSION

chapter 5|30 pages

THE RENT RESTRICTION ACTS

chapter 6|18 pages

LICENCES

chapter 7|1 pages

CO-OWNERSHIP

chapter |1 pages

Unity between joint tenants

chapter 10|1 pages

ANCY IN COMMON

chapter |4 pages

PARTITION

chapter 8|2 pages

CONDOMINIUM

chapter |3 pages

Default in payment of contributions

chapter 9|2 pages

RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

chapter |25 pages

The position in equity

chapter |5 pages

No injury to objectors (ground (d))

chapter 10|28 pages

EASEMENTS

DEFINITION

chapter |16 pages

METHODS OF PRESCRIPTION

chapter 11|2 pages

MORTGAGES

chapter |1 pages

The equity of redemption

chapter |17 pages

Excluding the right to redeem

chapter |9 pages

Mortgagee’s duty of care

chapter 12|3 pages

ADVERSE POSSESSION

chapter |9 pages

Discontinuance of possession

chapter |2 pages

RESUMPTION OF POSSESSION BY PAPER OWNER

chapter 13|3 pages

SALE OF LAND

chapter |5 pages

Signature by the party to be charged

chapter |4 pages

THE POSITION PENDING COMPLETION

chapter |2 pages

REGISTERED LAND

chapter |5 pages

APPENDIX 1: SAMPLE PROPERTY SALE AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT FOR SALE OF PROPERTY OF [PROPERTY ADDRESS]

chapter |1 pages

SCHEDULE