Principles of Land Law (in English) Podcast
1) Lecture 11 - Mortgages (Audio)
This podcast, the last in the series, is about mortgages. It explains the essential characteristics of the mortgage and the rights that it confers on the lender (the mortgagee). The podcast explains t...Show More
2) Lecture 10 - Lease Covenants (Audio)
This week's podcast is about the enforceability of the covenants contained in a lease. The original landlord and tenant are liable to each other because they have made a contract with each other. The ...Show More
3) Lecture 09 - Land Covenants (Audio)
This week's podcast is about land covenants. The most obvious example of a land covenant is the sort of covenant that you find in a Deed of Mutual Covenant governing an apartment block or complex (suc...Show More
4) Lecture 08 - Easements (Audio)
This podcast looks at the law concerning easements. Easements are rights over a parcel of land for the benefit of another nearby parcel of land. Examples include the right to walk or drive over som...Show More
5) Lecture 07 - Co-ownership (Audio)
This week's podcast looks at the law on co-ownership. An interest in land is often owned by several people together. For example, a flat might be co-owned by a husband and wife. The members of a busin...Show More
6) Lecture 06 - Adverse Possession (Audio)
This podcast looks at the law on adverse possession. A squatter who takes possession of someone else's land acquires some kind of ownership interest in it. If the squatter stays in possession for long...Show More
7) Lecture 05 - Licenses (Audio)
This week's podcast looks at the licence. The bare licence is a simple permission to be on someone else's land. It can be revoked at any time and does not bind other people who have or acquire an inte...Show More
8) Lecture 04 - Priorities and registration (Audio)
This podcast looks at the rules governing the priority enjoyed by different interests in the same physical piece of land. It looks at Hong Kong's system of land registration and the changes that the L...Show More
9) Lecture 03 - Formalities (Audio)
This podcast explains the formalities laid down by Hong Kong Land Law for the creation and transfer of interests in land. It explains why formalities are useful and some exceptional cases when transac...Show More
10) Lecture 02 - Leases (Audio)
This podcast explains the essential characteristics that distinguish the lease from the licence. The lease is both a type of contract and an interest in land and it is not always clear which of these ...Show More