Legal history in court: lessons from Mexfield and Southward
Legal history in court: lessons from Mexfield and Southward
Examines recent judicial consideration of the Supreme Court judgments in Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd v Berrisford and determines the true ratio of Mexfield. Demonstrates that the Supreme Court's acceptance of an alleged ancient rule, that an agreement for a tenancy for an uncertain term 'automatically' gives rise to a tenancy for life, was obiter, and that there never was any such rule. Calls for judicial reconsideration of Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v London Residuary Body, and highlights the need for more work on the history of land law in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Roche, Juanita
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7 November 2016
Roche, Juanita
08f153e2-2ff8-4134-bb23-049b157c06fc
Roche, Juanita
(2016)
Legal history in court: lessons from Mexfield and Southward.
Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 80 (4), .
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Examines recent judicial consideration of the Supreme Court judgments in Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd v Berrisford and determines the true ratio of Mexfield. Demonstrates that the Supreme Court's acceptance of an alleged ancient rule, that an agreement for a tenancy for an uncertain term 'automatically' gives rise to a tenancy for life, was obiter, and that there never was any such rule. Calls for judicial reconsideration of Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v London Residuary Body, and highlights the need for more work on the history of land law in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Accepted/In Press date: 3 May 2016
Published date: 7 November 2016
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Local EPrints ID: 429087
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/429087
ISSN: 0010-8200
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