Property Management: Volume 13 Issue 2

The purchase notice: compensation for planning restrictions

Richard Smith, John Storr

Following the provisions of the Planning and Compensations Act,1991 we have a planning system under which, in principle, nocompensation is paid for the refusal of planning…

Water policies and their influence on land uses and land values. The Angas‐Bremer proclaimed region: a case study

Henning Bjørnlund

Presents a discussion of water policies and their influence on landuses and land values, based on empirical data collected from within aproclaimed region in South Australia. Two…

Land tenure and regional investment prospects: the case of the tenurial systems of Northern Ghana

R. Kasim Kasanga

Northern Ghana still has vast supplies of undeveloped land, withenormous potential for commercial agriculture, agro‐industries, housingestates, shopping centres and hotels. Yet…

Temporary forms of occupation – the role of licences to occupy

Monica Dawson, Janine Midgley‐Hunt

What are licences and when are they used? What are tenancies atwill and when are they used? What are the advantages/disadvantages ofboth forms of occupation in terms of, for…

“Whither privity of contract?”

Geoffrey Waterson

The basic principle of privity of contract is clear andstraightforward. However the Law Commission recently undertook apreliminary examination of the state of the law relating to…