Sackville and Neave Australian Property Law 12th Edition

Sackville & Neave Australian Property Law provides a comprehensive review of property law covering the creation, transfer and enforceability of interests in real and personal property in all Australian jurisdictions. The opening chapters clearly explain the conceptual issues that underpin and define the ambit of property law to provide a sound foundation for understanding this complex area. The book then examines four broad issues with which the law of property is concerned: the fragmentation of proprietary interests, the acquisition and transfer of proprietary interests, the enforceability of proprietary interests, and related priority issues. The rules regulating the creation and enforcement of particular interests in land, including leases, easements, restrictive covenants and mortgages, are also analysed and explained.

• Northern Territory v Griffiths (quantifying native title compensation)
• Yunupingu v Commonwealth (native title and just terms compensation)
• Gomeroi People v Santos (future acts)
• Deguisa v Lynn (indefeasibility and covenants in registered instruments)
• MAPA Pearls Pty Ltd v Haliotis Fisheries Pty Ltd (limits of in personam exception)
• Price v Spoor (scope of extinguishment of property rights by the Limitation Acts upon the expiry of an accrued cause of action)
• Queensland v Morecroft (doctrine of conversion; statutory compensation to mortgagees and purchasers under void mortgages)
• Bosanac v Commissioner of Taxation (resulting trusts)