Indicative Content |
Foundational Concepts (5%)
• The Meaning of Property
• Distinction between Ownership and Possession
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Types of Ownership (50%)
• Meaning of an Interest in Land
• Basic distinction between legal and equitable interests
Possessory Interests
• Freehold
o Fee Simple
o Life Estate – effect of Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009
• Leasehold
o Relationship of Landlord and Tenant
o Contractual basis of relationship under Deasy’s Act 1860
o Distinction between lease and licence
o Right to a New Tenancy - Residential
Non-Possessory Interests
• Easements
o Essential Features of an Easement
o Examples of Common Easements
• Freehold Covenants.
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Co-ownership (10%)
• Basic distinctions between Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common
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Systems of Land Registration (10%)
Role of Property Registration Authority. E conveyancing. Registered and Unregistered Land
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Adverse Possession (10%)
• Meaning of Adverse Possession.
• Basic requirements for Adverse Possession.
• Statute of Limitations 1957
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Succession Law (15%)
• The Succession Act, 1965 (as amended by the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010)
• Testate Succession
o Wills – requirements for a valid will.
o Operation of wills
o Construction of wills
o Rights of the spouse/civil partner and children
• Intestate Succession
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Module Resources
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Recommended Book Resources |
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J.C.W. Wylie. (2020), Irish Land Law, 6th. 27, Bloomsbury Professional, UK, p.1664, [ISBN: 9781526513472].
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Dr Albert Keating. (2015), !!!Book Not Found, 1st. Clarus Press, Ireland, [ISBN: 978-1-905536-].
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De Londras. (2011), Principles of Irish Property Law, 2nd Ed. Clarus Press, Dublin, [ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-9].
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Supplementary Article/Paper Resources |
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Lexis Nexis (LNB) Legal Database
(available through the IT Carlow Library
portal) – provides access to various UK
& Irish Cases (All England Law
Reports, The Irish Reports etc) and UK
Law Journals together with International
Legal Information..
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LexisLibrary Irish Property -
http://www.library.itcarlow.ie/record=b1
030850~S0 – provides online access to
the main Irish texts on property law,
conveyancing and succession law..
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Westlaw.ie (available through IT Carlow
Library portal) – provides access to
various Irish case law reports such as
ILRM and ILTR dating back to 1867 and
journals including the Conveyancing and
Property Law Journal and Irish Law Times.
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Justis.ie - (available through IT Carlow
Library portal) - provides extensive
access to The Irish Reports and Irish
Digests.
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Extensive collection of hard copy
resources in the IT Carlow LRC such as
the Irish Reports, the Irish Law Reports
Monthly and various UK case reports
together with relevant journals such as
the Irish Law Times which provide
crucial updates and critic.
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Other Resources |
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www.landdirect.ie, website of the Property Registration
Authority.
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www.courts.ie, for unreported cases of the Superior
Courts 2002-present.
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www.baillii.org/ie/legis and
www.ucc.ie/law/irlii/criminallc.htm, for free access to law updates and
leading Irish cases.
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www.lawreform.ie, for all the latest reports and
consultation papers published by the Law
Reform Commission.
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Private Residential Tenancies Board,
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