CPLC Seminar series: 'The rise of the public interest in English Land Law?'

Speaker: Dr Rhiannon Ogden-Jones (University of Cambridge)

This paper explores the rise of a legally recognisable public interest in land, illustrating how ‘old form’ legal principles were adapted both through statute and at common law, to increasingly account for broader public considerations about land use. In particular, this paper follows three different ways in which the public acquired a legal interest in land; the increased statutory regulation of land use for public benefit; the increased abilities of public bodies to acquire land for ‘public purposes’, and the adaptation of older public or community rights over land, into a more generally applicable notion of a public interest, usually with respect to open spaces or rights of way.

Open to Faculty members, visitors, invitees and LLM/MCL/PhD students only.

Sandwiches in G24 between 12.30pm and 1 pm; seminar to commence in G24 at 1:00 pm.

We hope that you can make it to these exciting events: Eugene Shevchuk & Fleur Stolker (Convenors)

The Cambridge Private Law Centre acknowledges with gratitude the generous financial support of XXIV Old Buildings.