Research
View my research on my SSRN Author page:
https://ssrn.com/author=572064
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
Megarry & Wade: The Law of Real Property (2019) (Sweet & Maxwell) 9th Edition
Ruoff & Roper: The Law of Registered Conveyancing (Sweet & Maxwell) (2021)
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
For recent publications see:
https://ssrn.com/author=572064
Land Registration and Time Travel: reforming the land registry [2014] 78 Conv. 189
The Sound of Silence: Easements to make a noise [2014] 78 Conv. 79
A Not So Conclusive Title Register? [2013] 129 LQR 320
Reaching up for the box in the attic: mortgages and overreaching [2013] 77 Conv. 165
Teaching and Supervisions
Land Law
Landlord and Tenant Law
Equity and Trusts
Privilieges and Immunities of the United Nations
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.
