Considering a Course in Land Law?
Land Law is a very important area of the law and is something that everyone will encounter at some point, whether buying a house, walking up and knocking on someone’s door, or deciding to cut down a neighbour’s overhanging tree – Land Law is about what interests there are in the land and what a person can or cannot do with land.
Land Law has an impact on many parts of day-to-day life, from determining the difference between what is property and what is land to who owns the land and what they are allowed to do on that land. It also governs who may have access to the land and the rights of tenants on the land.
Land law has evolved significantly over hundreds of years. Working in this area of law can be particularly interesting and stimulating and the great news is that there are many Land Law courses currently available for you to get started.
What is Land Law?
Land Law is the set of rules that govern the land and anything attached to it or anything found in it. Attached to the land, such as trees or buildings and in the land such as coal or oil, or even buried treasure!
The individuals who work in the area of Land Law focus on the uses and supply of land and matters such as the right of way and boundary issues. Land Law concentrates on how an owner of land may use it or moderate how others may use it.
Land law is unusual in that while someone can own a piece of land outright they can still be limited in how it can be used. There are many reasons for this such as agreements reached by a previous owner or because the buyer failed to notice how the land was used when they purchased it. As such, land law is heavily governed by how the surrounding neighbours interact with land and what the buyer could have been expected to know.
A great deal of the work of a lawyer specializing in Land Law involves going through deeds, agreements and the land registry records to see if they can decipher who owns what and what rights people may or may not have over pieces of land.
What Will I Learn about Land Law?
- You will learn about the nature, justification, classification, and contexts of property.
- You will learn about property rights such as possession, ownership, tenure, and estates.
- You will learn about equitable rights, security rights, and non-possessory rights.
- You will learn about titles, land boundaries, and encroachments.
- You will learn about the ownership of airspace and resources like minerals.
- You will learn about leases, licenses, tenancies, easements, covenants, and mortgages all relating to the nature of interests in land and how they are created.
- You will learn about aspects of Land Law such as permanent fixtures, expropriation, prescription, real rights, insolvency, and taxes.
- You will learn about the usages of vacant land, freehold houses, sectional title, and group housing or retirement schemes.
Career Opportunities in Land Law
After completing your course in Land Law, you can expect to work as a lawyer, solicitor, or barrister in Private Practice, Government, Public Interest, Law Firms, Legal Publishing and Journalism, or even Politics.
If you’re serious about doing a course in Land Law and would like to learn more about it, check out courses in the Nightcourses.co.uk national course finder.
