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New Land Law material from Mike Harwood
Available at LawInaBox.tv. See note from Mike Harwood below.
 
This Review is intended to draw your attention to developments, judicial and legislative, in land law which have occurred since the previous Review, dated March 10, 2009, which in turn was intended to update the last edition of my Text Book Beginning Land Law of June 2008. So you should be able to read the Text Book in the light of more recent developments of significance up to the date of this present Review, March 5, 2010. Similarly, you should bear these recent developments in mind when looking at the Questions and answers or listening to the recorded lectures.
 
I focus on those developments which are likely to be of significance or interest to students reading for the land law element in a first law degree.
 
In addition, you should try to keep an eye on the periodical journals for relevant articles, case notes, etc. For land law the most useful is the Conveyancer and Property Lawyer; and perhaps the New Law Journal. And you should keep abreast of further developments as they occur.
 
There should be no need to remind you of the importance of keeping up to date with developments in the law. A  knowledge of any such, relevant developments is (rightly) expected and credited by examiners. Any properly set exam paper should give you the opportunity to demonstrate such knowledge. And examiners have a habit (whether or not you might think it a ‘nasty’ habit) of setting questions inspired by recent judicial decisions. Studying law, much more than in most other subjects, is a bit like going the wrong way on a moving escalator. You have to keep running to stay in the same place.
 
One final point. Wherever possible you should try to read the actual judgment(s) in a case; rather than just a note-up such as the present. This is the only way to understand how legal reasoning is developed and to learn all that is to be learnt from a case; and to be able to give a reasoned answer to a question embracing  the relevant judicial, not infrequently conflicting, dicta.
 
Mike Harwood
March 6 2010
 
Adverse Possession
Contract and Conveyance
Easements
Human Rights
Leases
Mortgages
Restrictive Covenants
Tort
Trusts, Co-ownership and Proprietary Estoppel
Legislation and Regulation

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Digital Desert
Recent reports suggest that Lady Gaga recently received from Spotify her royalty / revenue share cheque for...........$150. Her album has gone Diamond and Spotify is very widely used.  Airlines and shops are using the web to great effect but for pureplay IP (music, TV, movies etc) the ecosystem seems to be all about free content & piracy and therefore presents no opportunity for distribution of traditional "linear" content on a profitable basis. This underscores the importance of the Digital Economy Bill and the requirement to create a rational framework for the profitable distribution of content online.

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Digital Economy Bill has the X-factor
Cheryl Cole''s co-star on the X-factor, Simon Cowell, has backed a letter send to MP''s urging them to pass the Digital Economy Bill and include a three strikes and you''re out rule against persistent IP pirates. Other signatories included Sir Terry Pratchett, Tim Bevan, Paul Greengrass and Stephen Garret.



The text of the letter is below

Britain is admired for its creativity and its sense of fair play. British musicians, singers, actors, writers and directors are known and loved around the world and create some of our greatest assets. Together they contribute more than 7% to the UK economy.


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Aussie Rules
The recent case in Australia of Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd (No.3) brings into focus the challenges of policing the internet and the challenges involved in the forthcoming Digital Economy Bill.

Basically the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft had notified iiNet that their subscribers had been repeatedly illegally downloading Hollywood movies using illegal sites and iiNet had taken no steps to prevent this. iiNet were successfull in arguing that they had safe harbour as they had not "authorised" this infringement. Clearly they were aware of the infringement but had not authorised it.

From a commercial perspective the rights holders and their representatives realise that it is very difficult to chase down hundreds of individuals and would much rather go after a corporation who might be able to pay damages (and legal fees) such as an ISP. From the ISP''s perspective they don''t really want the overhead of shutting down users and also the lost revenue........cutting off your own customers is never appealing.


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