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Question: To what extent have the courts recognised contractual licences as interests in land? Why is the issue important?
Answer: A licence is classically defined in Thomas v Sorrell (1675) as a permission to use land belonging to another which, without such permission, would amount to a trespass. It is the consent of the estate owner to the use of their land by another....(short extract)
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- Subject: Law
- Course: Land Law
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 74%
- Words: 2009
- Date submitted: April 27, 2009
- Date written: February, 2009
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2321