Land Law Cases
This page provides a list of cases cited in our Land Law lecture notes as well as other cases useful to a land law student. It also provides links to case-notes and summaries if available.
(A)
- Abbey National Building Society v Cann
- Abbeyfield (Harpenden) Society v Woods
- Abbott v Abbott
- Adekunle v Ritchie
- AG Securities v Vaughan
- Akici v LR Butlin Ltd
- Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Millgate Developments Ltd
- Allen v Matthews
- Ali v Dinc
- Ali v Khan
- Alpstream AG v PK Airfinance Sarl
- Amin v Amin
- Amsprop Trading Ltd v Harris Distribution Ltd
- Anchor Brewhouse Developments v Berkley House
- Andrew’s Trusts, Re
- Anneveld v Robinson
- Antoni v Antoni
- Antoniades v Villiers
- Appah v Parncliffe Investments Ltd
- Archibald v Alexander
- Arif v Anwar
- Armstrong v Sheppard & Short Ltd
- Arqiva Services Ltd v AP Wireless II (UK) Ltd
- Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold
- Aslan v Murphy
- Aspden v Elvy
- Attorney General for Hong Kong v Reid
- Austerberry v Oldharm Corp
- Azfar’s Application, Re
(B)
- Bagum v Hafiz
- Baker v Craggs
- Bakewell Management Ltd v Brandwood
- Balevents v Sartori
- Bank of Ireland Home Mortgages Ltd v Bell
- Bank of Scotland plc v Zinda
- Banner Homes Group plc v Luff Development
- Bannister v Bannister
- Barca v Mears
- Barclays Bank v Buhr
- Barclays Bank Ltd v Quistclose Investments Ltd
- Barnes v Phillips
- Barrett v Barrett
- Basildon v DC Manning
- Baxter v Mannion
- Baynes Clarke v Corless
- Bennet v Bennet
- Berkley v Poulett
- Bernstein of Leigh (Baron) v Skyviews & General Ltd
- Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-operative Limited
- Best v Chief Land Registrar
- Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Ltd v Dorset County Council
- BHP Petroleum Great Britain Ltd v Chesterfield Properties Ltd
- Billson v Residential Apartments
- Binions v Evans
- Bird v Syme- Thomson
- Birmingham, Dudley and District Banking Co v Ross
- Birmingham Citizens Permanent Building Society v Caunt
- Birmingham Midshire Mortgages Ltd v Sabherwal
- Bland v Ingrams Estates Ltd
- Booker v Palmer
- Boosey v Davis
- Borman v Griffith
- Borwick Development Solutions v Clear Water Fisheries
- Botham v TSB Bank
- Boyer v Warbey
- BP Properties Ltd v Buckler
- Bradbury v Taylor
- Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd
- Brake v Swift
- Bremmer, Re
- Bridges v Hawkesworth
- Brilliant v Michaels
- Bristol & West Building Society v Ellis
- Bristol Airport plc v Powdrill
- British Railways Board v Glass
- British Waterways Board v Toor
- Brunner v Greensdale
- Bruton v London and Quadrant Housing Trust
- Buckingham County Council v Moran
- Bucks Constabulary Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund Friendly Society, Re
- Buggs v Buggs
- Bull v Bull
- Burgess v Rawnsley
- Burns v Burns
- Burton v Liden
(C)
- Cable v Bryant
- Cadogan v Dimovic
- Caern Motor Services Ltd v Texaco
- Camelot Guardian Management Ltd v Khoo
- Canas Property Co Ltd v KL Television Services Ltd
- Cardiothoracic Institute v Shrewdcrest Ltd
- Carlton v Goodman
- Caunce v Caunce
- Central Estates (Belgravia) Ltd v Woolgar (No 2)
- Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House
- Centrax Trustees v Ross
- Chase Manhattan Bank v Isreal-British Bank
- Chatham Empire Theatres (1955) Ltd v Ultrans Ltd
- Chaudhary v Yavuz
- Chambers v London Borough of Havering
- Chelsea Yacht & Boat Club v Pope
- Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society v Norgan
- Cheltenham & Gloucester plc v Booker
- Chhokar v Chhokar
- China and South Seas Bank Ltd v Tan
- China Field Ltd v Appeal Tribunal (Buildings)
- Churston Golf Club Ltd v Haddock
- Citro, Re
- City and Metropolitan Properties Ltd v Greycroft Ltd
- City of London Building Society v Flegg
- City of London Corporation v Fell
- Cityland Holdings Ltd v Dabrah
- Clarke v Meadus
- Clarke v Swaby
- Claughton v Charalambous
- Cleveland Petroleum Ltd v Dartsone Ltd
- CNM Estates (Tolworth Tower) Ltd v VeCREF 1 Sarl
- Cobb v Lane
- Cobbe v Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd
- Cochrane’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Colchester Council v Smith
- Colin Dawson Windows v Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
- Collins Application, Re
- Commission for the New Towns v Cooper
- Connaught Restaurants v Indoor Leisure
- Co-operative Bank plc v Phillips
- Cooke v Head
- Copeland v Greenhalf
- Corbett v Halifax Building Society
- Corporation of London v Riggs
- Cosslett v Contractors Ltd, Re
- Costello v Chief Constable of Derbyshire
- Coventry v Lawrence
- Cowcher v Cowcher
- Cox v Bishop
- Cox v Jones
- Crabb v Arun DC
- Crago v Julian
- Crancour v De Silvaesa
- Crane v Morris
- Crest Nicholson Residential (South) Ltd v McAllister
- Crossco No 4 Unlimited v Jolan Ltd
- Cuckmere Brick Co v Mutual Finance
- Culliford v Thorpe
- Curley v Parkes
- Curran v Collins
- Curtis, Re
(D)
- D’Eyncourt v Gregory
- Dalton v Angus
- Das v Linden Mews
- Davies v Davies
- Davies v Jones
- Davis v Jackson
- Davis v Smith
- de Bruyne v de Bruyne
- De Falbe, Re
- de Visme, Re
- Diligent Finance v Alleyne
- Diplock, Re
- Diwell v Farnes
- Dixon v Fisher
- Downsview Nominees Ltd v First City Corporation Ltd
- Dowse v Bradford MBC
- Drake v Whipp
- Draper’s Conveyance, Re
- Duke of Bedford v British Museum Trustees
- Duke of Westminster v Guild
- Duval v 11 – 3 Randolph Crescent Ltd
- Dwyer v Westminster County Council
- Dyer v Dyer
(E)
- Edwards v Lloyds TSB
- Ellenborough Park, Re
- Elitestone Ltd v Morris
- Elwes v Brigg Gas Co
- Elwood v Goodman
- Ely v Robson
- Epps v Esso Petroleum
- ER Ives Investment Ltd v High
- Erimus Housing Ltd v Barclays Wealth Trustees (Jersey) Ltd
- Escalus Properties Ltd v Robinson
- Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Harpers Garage
- Everitt v Budram
- Eves v Eves
- Ewart v Fryer
- Expert Clothing Service & Sales Ltd v Hillgate House Ltd
- Eykyn’s Trusts, Re
- Ezair v Conn
(F)
- Facchini v Bryson
- Fairclough v Swan Brewery Ltd
- Fairweather v St Marylebone Property Co Ltd
- Faizi v Tahir
- Falco Finance Ltd v Gough
- Farrar v Miller
- Farrars v Farrars
- Federated Homes Ltd v Mill Lodge Properties Ltd
- FHR European Ventures LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC
- Figgins Holdings Pty Ltd v SEAA Enterprises Ltd
- Finch v Hall
- Firstpost Homes Ltd v Johnson
- First National Bank plc v Achampong
- First National Security v Hegerty
- Fisher v Brooker
- Fitzkriston LLP v Panayi
- Fitzwilliam v Richall Holdings
- Flower’s Settlements Trusts, Re
- Fouladi v Darout Ltd
- Four-Maids Ltd v Dudley Marshall (Properties) Ltd
- Fowkes v Pascoe
- Fowler v Barron
- Fox v Dalby
- Fred Perry Holdings v Genis
(G)
- G & K Kreglinger v New Patagonia Meat and Cold Storage Co Ltd
- Gadds Land Transfer, Re
- Gandesha v Gandesha
- Gascoigne v Gascoigne
- Gaspar v Zaleski
- Geary v Rankine
- Generator Developments Ltd v Lidl UK GmbH
- Gibbs v Lakeside Developments Ltd
- Gill v Lewis
- Gillingham Bus Disaster Fund, Re
- Gillett v Holt
- Gissing v Gissing
- Glasgow Corp v Johnstone
- Goldberg v Edwards
- Goldcorp Exchange Ltd (in receivership), Re
- Goodman v Gallant
- Gorog v Kiss
- Goodman v Gallant
- Gore v Naheed
- Graham-York v York
- Grand Junction Co Ltd v Bates
- Grant v Baker
- Grant v Edwards
- Greasley v Cooke
- Green v Ashco Horticulturist Ltd
- Green v Ireland
- Greenwood Reversions Ltd v World Environment Foundations Ltd
- Grossman v Hooper
- Guest v Guest
(H)
- Habberfield v Habberfield
- Halifax Building Society v Thomas
- Halifax v Curry Popeck
- Hall v Ewin
- Hammond v Mitchell
- Harman v Glencross
- Harvey v Pratt
- Harris v De Pinna
- Harris v Flower
- Harris v Goddard
- Hemmingway Securities Ltd v Dunraven Ltd
- Henry v Henry
- Herbert v Doyle
- Heseltine v Heseltine
- Heslop v Burns
- Hewett v First Plus Financial Group Plc
- Hibbert v McKiernan
- Hill v Griffin
- Hill v Tupper
- Hodgson v Marks
- Holiday Inns v Broadhead
- Holland v Hodgson
- Holman v Howes
- Hopgood v Brown
- Horrill v Cooper
- Horsey Estate Ltd v Steiger
- Horsham Properties Group Ltd v Clark
- Howard v Fanshawe
- Hoyl Group Ltd v Cromer Town Council
- Hua Chiao Commercial Bank Ltd v Chiap Hua Industries Ltd
- Hunt v Luck
- HSBC Bank v Dyche
- HSBC v Kloeckner
- Hunt v Luck
- Hunter v Babbage
- Hunter v Canary Wharf
- Hussey v Palmer
- Hydeshire Ltd’s Application, Re
- Hypo-Mortgage Services v Robinson
(I)
- IAM Group plc v Chowdrey
- Iles v Iles
- Ingram v IRC
- Insward v Baker
- International Tea Stores Co v Hobbs
(J)
- J Alston & Sons v Bocm Pauls Ltd
- J Pereira Fernandes SA v Mehta
- JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham
- JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v UK
- Jaggard v Sawyer
- James v Thomas
- Jennings v Rice
- Jerome v Kelly
- Jervis v Harris
- Jeune v Queen’s Cross Properties Ltd
- Jones v Kernott
- Jones v Morgan
- Jones v Price
(K)
- K, Re [1985]
- Kammins Ballrooms Co Ltd v Zenith Investments (Torquay) Ltd
- Kahrmann v Harrison-Morgan
- Kay v Lambeth LBC
- Kearns Brothers Ltd v Hova Developments
- Keay v Morris Homes (West Midlands) Ltd
- Keech v Sandford
- Kennet Properties Ltd’s Application, Re
- Kent v Kavanagh
- Kinane v Mackie-Conteh
- Kinch v Bullard
- King, Re
- Kingsnorth Finance v Tizard
- Kling v Keston Properties
- Knightsbridge Estates Trust Ltd v Byrne
- Kremen v Agrest
- Kyriakides v Pippas
(L)
- Lake v Craddock
- Laskar v Laskar
- Le Foe v Le Foe
- Lee Parker v Izzet
- Leigh v Jack
- Leigh v Taylor
- Lester v Woodgate
- Lewis v Frank Love Ltd
- Lewis v Metropolitan Properties Realisations Ltd
- Liden v Burton
- Lightfoot v Lightfoot-Brown
- Link Lending v Bustard
- Lister & Co v Stubbs
- Lloyd v Dugdale
- Lloyds Bank v Carrick
- Lloyds Bank v Rosset
- Lohia v Lohia
- London & Blenheim Estates Ltd v Ladbroke Retail Parks Ltd
- London & Regional Investments Ltd v TBI plc
- London County Council v Allen
- London Diocesan Fund v Phitwa
- Long v Gowlett
- Long v Tower Hamlets LBC
- Longman v Viscount Chelsea
- Lonhro plc v Fayed (No 2)
- Lord Advocate v Lord Lovat
- Lowson v Coombes
- Lysaght v Edwards
- Lyon & Co v London City and Midland Bank
- Lyus v Prowsa Developments
(M)
- Macepark (Whittlebury) Ltd v Sargeant (No 2)
- Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings
- Malayan Credit Ltd v Jack Chia -MPH Ltd
- Malik (Deceased) v Shiekh
- Malory Enterprises Ltd v Cheshire Homes
- Manchester City Council v Pinnock
- Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd v Vauxhall Motors Ltd
- Manjang v Drammeh
- Marchant v Charters
- Margaretta Ltd, Re
- Marquess of Zetland v Driver
- Marr v Collie
- Marsden v Miller
- Marshall v Taylor
- Marsh v Von Sternberg
- Marten v Flight Refuelling Ltd
- Mascall v Mascall
- Matchmove Ltd v Dowding
- Matthews v Smallwood
- McAdams Homes Ltd v Robinson
- McCausland v Duncan Lawrie Ltd
- McKenzie v McKenzie
- McMorris v Brown
- Meadows v Clerical Medical & General Life Assurance
- Medforth v Blake
- Melville v Grapelodge Developments Ltd
- Menelauo v Bank of Cyprus
- Mew & Anor v Tristmire Ltd
- Michael v Miller
- Midland Bank v Cooke
- Midland Bank v Green
- Mikeover v Brady
- Miles v Easter
- Moate v Moate
- Moncrieff v Jamieson
- Montagu’s Settlement Trusts, Re
- Moody v Steggles
- Moore v Moore
- Morrells of Oxford Ltd v Oxford United FC
- Morris v Morris
- Mortgage Corporation v Ubah
- Mortgage Corporation v Shaire
- Mortgage Express v Lambert
- Motivate Publishing FZ LLC v Hello Ltd
- Mossop v Mossop
- Mount Carmel Investments v Peter Thurlow
- Moutreuil v Andreewitch
- Multiservice Bookbinding Ltd v Marden
- Murray Bull & Co Ltd v Murray
- Musson v Bonner
(N)
- Nasrullah v Rashid
- National & Provincial Building Society v Ahmed
- National Crime Agency v Dong
- National Westminster Bank v Jones
- National Westminster Bank Plc v Morgan
- National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth
- Neale v Willis
- Neocleous v Rees
- Newton Abbott Co-operative Society v Williamson & Treadgold Ltd
- Nickerson v Barraclough
- Nielson-Jones v Fedden
- Ninian (Deceased), Re
- Nisbet & Potts Contract, Re
- No 1 West India Quay (Residential) Ltd v East Tower Apartments Ltd
- Noack v Noack
- Norris v Checksfield
- North Eastern Properties v Coleman
- Nunn v Dalrymple
(O)
- Oak Co-operative Building Society v Blackburn
- Oceanic Village Ltd v United Attractions Ltd
- Odessa, The
- Ofulue v Bossert
- One Step (Support) Ltd v Morris-Garner
- Onslow v Corriw
- Oun v Ahmad
- Oxley v Hiscock
(P)
- P&A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group plc
- Page’s Application, Re
- Palk v Mortgage Service Funding plc
- Pallant v Morgan
- Palmer, Re
- Pankhania v Chandegra
- Paragon Finance plc v DB Thakerar & Co
- Paragon Finance plc v Nash
- Parker v British Airways Board
- Parker v Parker
- Parker-Tweedale v Dunbar Bank (No 1)
- Pascoe v Turner
- Peacock v Custins
- Peffer v Rigg
- Pettitt v Pettitt
- Phillips v Mobil Oil Co Ltd
- Phipps v Pears
- Pickard v Constable
- Pilford v Greenmanor
- Pillmoor v Miah
- Pink v Lawrence
- Pitt v PHH Asset Management
- Port of London Authority v Ashmore
- Powell v McFarlane
- Prudential Assurance Ltd v London Residuary Body
- Pugh v Savage
- Purchase v Lichfield Brewery Co
- Pwllbach Colliery Co Ltd v Woodman
- Pye v Stodday Land Ltd
(Q)
- Quennell v Maltby
(R)
- R (Barkas) v North Yorkshire County Council
- R (Lewis) v Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
- R (on the application of Mercury Tax Group) v HMRC
- R v Oxfordshire County Council ex parte Sunningwell Parish Council
- Rabiu v Marlbray
- Rainbow Estates Ltd v Tokenhold Ltd
- Ramroop (Sampson) v Ishmael and Heerasingh
- Ramsden v Dyson
- Red House Farms v Catchpole
- Regency Villas Title Ltd v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd
- Reichman v Beveridge
- Rexhaven Ltd v Nurse
- Rhone v Stephens
- Richards v Delbridge
- Rider v Kidder
- Ridgewood Properties Group Ltd v Valero Energy Ltd
- Roake v Chadha
- Roberts v Swangrove Estates Ltd
- Roberts, Re
- Robertson v Fraser
- Rochefoucauld v Boustead
- Rochester Poster Services Ltd v Dartford BC
- Rodway v Landy
- Rogers v Hosegood
- Rollerteam Ltd v Riley
- Ropaigealach v Barclays Bank plc
- Ropemaker Properties Ltd v Noonhaven Ltd
- Rose v Hyman
- Rugby School (Governors) v Tannahill
(S)
- Sahota v Prior
- Samuel v Jarrah Timber & Wood Paving Corporation
- Sava v SS Global Ltd
- Savva v Hussein
- Saya v Collyer
- Scala House & District Property Co Ltd v Forbes
- Schwann v Cotton
- Scott v Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd
- SEDAC Investments Ltd v Tanner
- Seddon v Smith
- Segal Securities Ltd v Thoseby
- Shadwell v Shadwell
- Sharpe (A bankrupt), Re
- Shell-Mex and BP Ltd v Manchester Garages Ltd
- Shiloh Spinners Ltd v Harding
- Silven Properties Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland
- Silver v Silver
- Simmons v Dobson
- Smart v Lambeth LBC
- Smith v Bottomley
- Smith v Brudenell-Bruce
- Smith v Cooper
- Smith v Matthews
- Smith v Molyneaux
- Smith v Seghill Overseers
- Somma v Hazelhurst
- Southward Housing Co-operative Ltd v Walker
- Southwell v Blackburn
- Sovmots Investment Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment
- Spectrum Plus Ltd, Re
- Spencer’s Case
- Spielplatz Ltd v Pearson
- Spiro v Glencrown Properties Ltd
- Springette v Defoe
- Stack v Dowden
- Stafford v Lee
- Standard Property Investment Plc v British Plastics Federation
- Stannard v Issa
- Star Energy Weald Basin v Bocardo SA
- State Bank of India v Sood
- Statek Corp v Alford
- Steria Ltd v Hutchinson
- Strand Securities v Caswell
- Strachey v Ramage
- Street v Mountford
- Sturges v Bridgman
- Suggitt v Suggitt
- Swift 1st v Chief Land Registrar
- Swift 1st v Colin
- Swift v Macbean
- Swiss Bank Group v Lloyds Bank Ltd
(T)
- Tahir v Faizi
- Taurusbuild Ltd v McQue
- Taylor Fashions Ltd v Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society
- Tehidy Minerals Ltd v Norman
- Telchadder v Wickland (Holdings) Ltd
- Thamesmead Town Ltd v Allotey
- Thirunavukkrasu v Brar
- Thomas v Clydesdale Bank
- Thomas v Hayward
- Thompson v Foy
- Thompson v Hurst
- Thorpe v Frank
- Thorner v Major
- Tinker v Tinker
- Tinsley v Milligan
- Tito v Wadell (No 2)
- Toms v Ruberry
- Tower Hamlets LBC v Bromley LBC
- Treloar v Nute
- Truman Hanbury Buxton’s Application, Re
- Tse Kwong Lam v Wong Chit Sen
- Tulk v Moxhay
- Twentieth Century Banking Corp v Wilkinson
- Twinsectra Ltd v Yardley
(U)
- Uglow v Uglow
- Union Lighterage Co v London Graving Dock
- United Bank of Kuwait plc v Sahib
(V)
- V v W [2020]
- Van Haarlam v Kasner
- Vandervell v IRC
- Vaudeville Electric Cinema v Muriset
(W)
- Walby v Walby
- Walker v Burton
- Wall v Collins
- Walton v Walton
- Walsh v Lonsdale
- Wallis’ Cayton Bay Holiday Camp v Shell Mex & BP
- Walton v Walton
- WArd v Kirkland
- Warnborough Ltd v Garmite Ltd
- Warren v Gurney
- Watts v Stewart
- Waverly Borough Council v Fletcher
- Wayling v Jones
- Webb v Frank Bevis Ltd
- Webb’s Lease, Re
- West End Commercial Ltd v London Trocadero
- West Sussex Constabulary’s Widows, Children and Benevolent (1930) Fund Trusts, Re
- Westdeutsche Landesbank Girocentrale v Islington LBC
- Westminster City Council v Clarke
- Wheeldon v Burrows
- White v White [2003]
- Whittaker v Kinnear
- Widows v Friends of the Clergy Corporation
- Williams v Kiley (No 1)
- Williams v Usherwood
- Williams & Glyn’s Bank v Boland
- Williams v Hensman
- Williams v Sandy Lane (Chester) Ltd
- Willmott v Barber
- Wills v Sowray
- Winkworth v Edward Baron Developments
- Winterburn v Bennett
- Wishart v Credit and Mercentile plc
- Wodzicki v Wodzicki
- Wood v Waddington
- Woodall v Clifton
- Wretham v Ross
- Wright v Macadam
- Wrotham Park Estate Co Ltd v Parkside Homes Ltd
- Wynne-Finch v Natural Resources Body for Wales
(Y)
- Yaxley v Gotts
- Yeates v Line
(Z)
- Zarb v Parry
