Establishes the concept of
ownership and
possession, and the rights
and obligations that arise
out of them
Real Property
This kind of property is
characterised by its
immovability and is also
known as realty
Land, Interests in Land
Personal Property
Consists of all other
kinds of property that are
not real property
Choses in
possession/action,
Chattels Real
Ownership
Title to
property or
property in an
object
Gives the holder the right to:
Transfer ownership
Use as security for a loan
Keep possession and use the item
Give possession of it to another
Grant special contractual rights over it
Possession
Bailment
Lease or hire agreements
Hire purchase agreements
Nemo dat rule
The transfer of
title to goods by
gift or sale is
subject to the
'nemo dat quod
non habet', which
is latin for 'no-one
can pass on a
better right to
ownership than
he/she has
Ownership of land
Doctrine of eminent domain
Freehold estates
Life estates
Multiple owners
Joint tenants
Tenants in common
Land Transfer system
The Deeds system
Torrens system
NZ land divided into districts
Records kept by
Land Information NZ
(LINZ
Certificate of title
Registration confers a legal interest
Mirror principle
Curtain Principle
Insurance principle
Registration
confers a legal interest in land
gives notice to the whole world of the interest
without fraud confers
an indefeasible title
Means supremacy of title -
ownership of land or
interests of land is
protected from claims by
other persons
those with unregistered
interests in land hold an
equitable interest
Transfer of land: Land may be transferred by
Sale
Ownership transferred from seller to buyer
Common steps in process
Negotiation
Agreement for sale and purchase
Title search
Insurance check
Local authority inquiries
Gift
a gift is the transfer if
property from on person to
another graciously, with the
intention that the property
should not return to the
donor,
Oral promise is not
enforceable, written
needs to be in form of a
deed
Will
may be passed on provided will is valid
any person over 18
and has
testamentary
capacity can make a
will
will must be in writing, signed by
teastor which must be witnessed
Trust
Trust is an equitable invention
person holds and
administers property
for other people
person who holds is trustee, person who receives is
beneficiaries
Operation of Law
transfers happen automatically within
circumstances, e.g. when a person
dies, ownership is automatically
transferred to the executor by a
transmission