ABSTRACT
To what extent have the courts recognised contractual licences as interests in land? Why is the issue important?
The following areas need to be covered: • definition of an interest in land: National Provincial Bank v
Ainsworth; • definition of a licence: Thomas v Sorrell; • types of licences and purposes of licences; • the supposed need to bind third parties; • judicial developments: Errington v Errington; Binions v Evans;
Re Sharpe; Midland Bank v Farm Pride Hatcheries; Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold; Kewal Investments v Arthur Maiden; Lloyd v Dugdale;
• theoretical considerations.
