The number of views of my Hong Kong Land Law blog went through the one million mark early this morning.
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Hong Kong Land Law Blog
April 6, 2016Why land law matters
September 24, 2013My article New students set straight on the law of the land has just appeared in the SCMP.
Revised version of the brief essay on fixtures
March 8, 2012Article on Bruton in King’s Law Journal
December 14, 2011My article ‘Bruton v London & Quadrant Housing Trust: Opening Pandora’s Box’ has just appeared in King’s Law Journal ((2011) 22(3) King’s Law Journal 403 – 413) – click here to go to the Journal’s web-page). The article considers the possible legal bases for the House of Lords decision in this case. Lord Neuberger has recently stated that relativity of title supplies the explanation (Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd v Berrisford [2011] UKSC 52, para. 65). London & Quadrant’s possession could be seen as giving them a relative title out of which to carve a lease. Similarly, Mr. Bruton’s own possession could be seen as conferring relative title. This explanation would allow the outcome to be compatible with the traditional idea that the lease is always an estate in land. I argue, however, that Lord Hoffman was careful to reject the idea that Mr. Bruton had any title at all (relative or otherwise).
Statistics for Hong Kong Land Law blog
January 3, 2011My Hong Kong Land Law blog (available here) has had quite a lot of visitors (6,400 from September to December 2010). See this link for the statistics.