Table of Contents

Part A: The Boundaries of Property
I. Tangible Things
1. Banks v Whetson (1596)
David Fox
2. Yearworth v North Bristol NHS Trust [2009]: Instrumentalism and Fictions in Property Law
James Lee
II. Intangible Things
3. Millar v Taylor (1769): Landmark and Beacon. Still.
Catherine Seville
4. Phillips v Mulcaire [2012]: A Property Paradox?
Emily Hudson
5. OBG v Allan [2007]
Sarah Green
Part B: Doctrinal Issues
I. Acquisition of Property Rights
6. Armory v Delamirie (1722): Possession, Obligation, and the Evolution of Relative Title to Goods
Robin Hickey
7. Bruton v London & Quadrant Housing Trust [2000]:
Relativity of Title, and the Regulation of the ‘ Proprietary Underworld ’
Amy Goymour
8. The Politics of Lloyd’s Bank v Rosset [1991]
Lorna Fox O’Mahony
II. Content of Property Rights
9. Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Company [2002]
Simon Douglas
10. Belfast Corporation v OD Cars [1959]: Setting Parameters for Restricting Use
Rachael Walsh
III. Destruction of Property Rights
11. Benn v Hardinge (1993)
Emma Waring
12. Star Industrial Co Ltd v Yap Kwee Kor [1976]: The End of Goodwill in the Tort of Passing Off
Jonathan Griffiths

About the Author

Simon Douglas is a Fellow and Tutor in Law at Jesus College, Oxford University.
Robin Hickey is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen’s University Belfast.
Emma Waring is a Lecturer in Law at York Law School, The University of York.

Reviews

This is a fine collection of essays with much to offer to property lawyers, teachers and students. The broad coverage of different aspects of property law in one of many attractive features.
*The Cambridge Law Journal*

I highly recommend this book to Canadian legal practitioners and academics with an interest in property law. Anyone concerned with some of the most enduring issues in this area of law will profit from reading this collection.
*Canadian Business Law Journal*