Brings land law to life with a running case study to illustrate how the law works in practice. Trusted by students for over 30 years, Textbook on Land Law gives a practical and innovative edge to modern land law. Perfectly pitched for those studying land law for the first time, the running case study will galvanize interest in the topics by allowing students to visualize and engage with them. - Features practical examples throughout to provide students with a frame of reference to put this often abstract subject into a clear context. - Combines academic detail and accuracy with a direct and engaging writing style to give lucidity to complex areas. - Examines core areas covered on land and property law courses, and has been consistently relied upon and refined over seventeen editions. - Includes extracts and sample legal documents to demonstrate how land law works in the real world and end-of chapter further reading references to direct additional research. New to this edition - Fully revised Chapter 13 covers the UK Government's proposal to compel the use of commonhold going forward. - New Chapter 16 combines the effect of a trust of land and trusts controlling future enjoyment of land.