Chapter 1 Self-test questions

Which, if any of the following four statements is true of the approach taken in this book to defining the scope of land law?
(i) Land law is a sub-set of property law.
(ii) Land law involves all the legal rules that relate to land.
(iii) Land law is unaffected by human rights.
(iv) The focus of land law is on the nature, creation, and protection of interests in land.

(i) and (iv)

(i), (ii) and (iv)

(i), (ii) and (iii)

All of the four statements.

Which of the following statements most accurately describes personal rights and property rights?

Property rights are crucial in land law, but personal rights are irrelevant in land law.

Property rights always bind third parties, whereas personal rights never do.

Property rights bind third parties, unless the third party has a defence, whereas personal rights never bind third parties.

Property rights bind third parties, unless the third party has a defence, whereas personal rights bind third parties only rarely.

In National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth, why was Mrs Ainsworth unsuccessful in her attempt to assert a right against the bank?

Mrs Ainsworth's right could not bind the bank as she had not paid for that right and, therefore, the right was not worthy of protection.

Mrs Ainsworth's right could bind only her husband and so could not bind a third party such as the bank.

Mrs Ainsworth's right was a property right, but the bank had a defence to it.

Mrs Ainsworth had no right as there were no written dealings between her and her husband.

According to Elitestone Ltd v Morris, at what point do building materials placed on land in order to build a structure become 'part and parcel' of the land?

Only when the materials are built into a structure which cannot be removed without damaging the land.

When the building materials are placed on the land with the intention of building a permanent structure.

The answer would depend on the circumstances of the individual case, but the degree and purpose of the annexation would be the main factors to be taken into consideration.

As soon as they are built into a structure which is physically annexed to the land in some way.

According to the reasoning in Parker v British Airways and Waverley Borough Council v Fletcher, in which of these situations will the finder of an object have a right to it which outweighs that of the landowner on which an object is found?

Whenever an object is found on the land, and the finder is not a trespasser.

Whenever an object is found on or in the land.

Whenever the object is found on the land.

If the finder is not a trespasser, when the object is found on the land and the possessor of the land has not exercised such control over the land as to indicate an intention to control the land and anything that might be found on it.

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