At this time of year, the thoughts of a historically-minded tutor of Land Law turn to the nature of equity. Yes, it is time to inflict upon a new cohort of second year students the distinction between legal and equitable rules, to skate over the development and demise of conciliar jurisdictions and get them to read some of Land Law’s biggest cases. This year, I have had reason to go back to the House of Lords decision in National Provisional Bank v Ainsworth [1965] AC 1175, and read it for the first time in quite a while … (more)
[Gwen Seabourne, Bracton’s Sister, 18 September 2024]
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