Ben McFarlane is Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He has published a number of articles on land law in leading journals and is the author of The Law of Proprietary Estoppel, (2nd edn, 2020) and The Structure of Property Law (2008). He is also a contributing author of Snell's Equity and co-author of Hayton and Mitchell: Text, Cases, and Materials on the Law of Trusts and Equitable Remedies (14th edn, 2015).

Nicholas Hopkins is a Law Commissioner for England and Wales and Professor of Law at the University of Reading. He has published widely on land law and has a particular interest in law and the family home. He is chair of the board of Modern Studies in Property Law, an academic member of the Property Bar Association and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner he taught land law for over twenty years.

Sarah Nield is a Professor of Property Law at Southampton University. She has been teaching land law since 1982, having previously held posts at Hong Kong University and the University of Bristol and has also taught conveyancing, equity and trusts and company law. Sarah is published widely in the area of property law and is also a qualified solicitor.

• 1: What is land law?


• 2: Human rights


• 3: Personal rights and property rights


• 4: Registered title and the acquisition of legal estates


• 5: The acquisition of equitable interests


• 6: Trusts of land


• 7: Leases


• 8: Mortgages and security interests in land


• 9: Easements


• 10: Freehold covenants


• 11: The defences question


• 12: Concepts and contexts