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Cambridge Centre for Property Law

 
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Research

  • Land Law and land registration: international and comparative
  • Landlord and tenant law
  • The United Nations and international law, with special reference to the Middle East

Publications

Key publications: 

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Megarry & Wade: The Law of Real Property (2019) (Sweet & Maxwell) 9th Edition

Ruoff & Roper: The Law of Registered Conveyancing (Sweet & Maxwell) 

Modern Land Law (Routledge) 12th Edition (2021)

Textbook on International Law (2013) (OUP) 7th Edition

Stitching Together Modern Estoppel in Landmark Cases in Land Law Nigel Gravells (Ed), 2013 

Modern Studies in Property Law (Ed) 2005 (Hart Publishing)

Contemporary Perspectives on Property, Equity and Trusts (Ed) (OUP)

Title by registration or conquest: interpreting the Land Registration Act 2002 in England and Wales I.J.L.B.E. 2013, 5(3), 194-206

To sell or not to sell: that is the question: the irony of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (2011) 70 CLJ 579.

Equitable Co-ownership: Proprietary Rights in Name Only? in E Cooke (Ed), Modern Studies in Property Law Vol. 4

Proprietary and Non-Proprietary Rights in Modern Land Law pp 8 – 28 (Chapter 1) in Land Law: Issues, Debates, Policy, edited by Louise Tee, Willan Publishing (2002).

Proprietary Estoppel and Formalities in Land Law and the Land Registration Act 2002: A Theory of Unconscionability pp 165-182, (Chapter 9) in Modern Studies in Property Law, Vol. 2, edited by E Cooke, Hart Publishing (2003).

Confining and defining proprietary estoppel: the role of unconscionability (2010) 30 Legal Studies 408

Consenting Away Proprietary Rights pp. 181-201, (Chapter 11) in Modern Studies in Property Law, Vol. 1, edited by E Cooke, Hart Publishing (2001).

The Land Registration Act 2002: A Risk Assessment [2003] Conv. 136

Combating the mortgagee's right to possession: new hope for the mortgagor in chains (1998) 18 Legal Studies 279

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Teaching and Supervisions

Research supervision: 

Currently supervising a range of Ph.D candidates in aspects of property law as part of the Cambridge Centre for Property Law's research programme. Please contact to discuss proposed research topics.

Professor of the Law of Real Property, University of Cambridge
Fellow, Queens' College
Director of the Cambridge Centre for Property Law
Honorary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn
Academic Fellow, Falcon Chambers, London
Professor Martin  Dixon
Takes PhD students
Available for consultancy

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Latest news

15th Modern Studies in Property Law Conference in Cambridge March 2024 and 100 Years of the 1925 Property Legislation Symposium

8 April 2023

The 15th Biennial Modern Studies in Property Law Conference will take place in Cambridge, centred around Queens’ College, Cambridge ( https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/ ) and the Cambridge Centre for Property Law ( https://www.ccpl.landecon.cam.ac.uk/ ) between 25 th -28 th March 2024. The postgraduate showcase day will take...

2024 Conferences on Property Law

4 January 2023

In March 2024, the Centre will be hosting two conferences. The 15th Modern Studies in Property Law Conference will be held in Cambridge in March 2024 and, as with previous conferences, papers will be published as the next volume in the Modern Studies in Property Law Series. The latest volume edited by Natalie Mrockova ...

PBA Essay Competition 2023

21 November 2022

The Property Bar Association is pleased to launch its Essay Competition 2023 designed to recognise academic achievement and help to identify future property barristers and encourage an interest in property law. The competition is open to all law undergraduates, LLM, GDL and BPTC students. The 2023 Essay Question is: "Has...

Guest v Guest: Proprietary Estoppel

18 November 2022

The Supreme Court has delivered its judgment in Guest v Guest concerning the proper approach to remedies for a successful claim of estoppel. See [2022] UKSC 27 Judgment here

Mistakes, mispleading and overreaching: understanding title registration and correcting the register

17 March 2022

A discussion of the challenging case of Knight v Fernley , and what it means for our understanding of title by registration under the Land Registration Act 2002 has been published in the latest volume of the Jounral of Property, Planning and Environmental Law (currently on line only until later this quarter). It can be...