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Licences and proprietary estoppel

Licence -This is a permission from a owner of a land(licensor) to the licensee to use the land for an agreed purpose.In general licence are different from all other rights as they are not property right.According to the principle from Thomas v Sorrel(1673),"A licence properly passeth no interest nor alters or transfer property in any thing". Types of licences -1.Bare licence 2.Contractual licence 3.Licence coupled with an interest(grant)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Bare licence - Licence given without any consideration from the licensee can be withdrawn at an

Co ownership of land

Co-ownership Co - Ownership Intro: The law of co-ownership operates whenever two or more people enjoy the rights of ownership of property at the same time, either freehold or leasehold. The law of co-ownership is to be found in the 1925 legislation (LPA 1925), common law, and TLATA 1996. The law of co-ownership can be broken down into various components: < First, the nature of co-ownership and types of co-ownership. < Secondly, there is the statutory machinery that regulates the use and enjoyment of co-owned land. < Thirdly, there are those statutory and common law rules governing the creation of co-ownership. < Fourthly, there is the impact of co-ownership on third parties. < Fifthly, there are matters relating to the termination of co-ownership. I.) Nature & Types of Co–Ownership: Concurrent co-ownership of property describes the simultaneous enjoyment of land by two or more persons i.e. enjoyment of the rights of owners