Landlord and Tenant Law

Publisher: Palgrave

Authors: Margaret Wilkie, Godfrey Cole, Peter Luxton & Jill Morgan

Price: £17.99

Edition: 5th Edition (October 2006)

ISBN: 1-4039-1754-X

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Whilst landlord and tenant law is typically overlooked on undergraduate courses it is, from a practitioner's point of view, one of the most important commercial areas of law.  Clients want to know if they can recover possession of their property and, if not, what their options are.  This is not always easy: landlord and tenant law is a mixture of case-law and statutory reform and the reader has to navigate through the various pitfalls.  Somewhat refreshingly, the authors' aim for the text is to provide a "sound basic text on the law of landlord and tenant".  This aim is easily achieved.

This new edition of Landlord and Tenant Law has been thoroughly updated and revised in light of the recent legislative changes and case-law developments.  These amendments have been incorporated seamlessly.  The authors have also broken-down the landlord's and tenant's covenants into separate chapters.  This is an excellent feature because it allows the reader's research to remain focussed.  The text also includes a number of footnotes from which the reader can understand the principles or find the authority to support the authors' statement.

Landlord and Tenant Law is, like many other texts from the Palgrave Law Masters Series, written in an accessible and logical way.  It is divided into two parts: the general law and the statutory controls.  This is an excellent way to explain the material and is supported by the numerous cross-references.  The material is also divided in to manageable paragraphs and is well-punctuated by case examples.  This helps the reader to understand the principles whilst, at the same time, put the material into context.

Landlord and Tenant Law has a clear aim: to provide an accessible introduction to landlord and tenant law.  It achieves that aim with considerable ease.  The authors should also be applauded for their approach and, by managing to limit the text to less than three hundred and fifty pages, it is an excellent introduction for students or newly-qualified practitioners and a handy reference for more experienced practitioners.

Reviewed on 24 October 2007

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