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Professor Chris Bevan's Outputs (44)

100 Years of Actual Occupation as an Overriding Interest in English & Welsh Land Law: Challenging the Rationale and Making the Radical Case for Abolition (2025)
Journal Article
Bevan, C. (online). 100 Years of Actual Occupation as an Overriding Interest in English & Welsh Land Law: Challenging the Rationale and Making the Radical Case for Abolition. Legal Studies, https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2024.41

It is 100 years since the rights of those in ‘actual occupation’ joined the statute book as interests capable of binding transferees of land despite not appearing on the register. This article seizes the opportunity to investigate and excavate the ov... Read More about 100 Years of Actual Occupation as an Overriding Interest in English & Welsh Land Law: Challenging the Rationale and Making the Radical Case for Abolition.

Overriding Interests under the Land Registration Act 2002: Time to Repair the ‘Cracked Mirror’? (2024)
Journal Article
Bevan, C. (2024). Overriding Interests under the Land Registration Act 2002: Time to Repair the ‘Cracked Mirror’?. The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 2024(2), 123-139

This article revisits the vexed issue of overriding interests under the Land Registration Act 2002 and asks whether, now over 20 years since the 2002 Act came into force, the time has arrived to reform this controversial category of interests to repa... Read More about Overriding Interests under the Land Registration Act 2002: Time to Repair the ‘Cracked Mirror’?.

Precedent before Principle: Adverse Possession, “Reasonable Belief” and Statutory Interpretation of the Land Registration Act 2002 Sch.6 para.5(4) (2024)
Journal Article
Bevan, C. (2024). Precedent before Principle: Adverse Possession, “Reasonable Belief” and Statutory Interpretation of the Land Registration Act 2002 Sch.6 para.5(4). The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 88(2), 203-217

There are few areas of the adverse possession regime under the Land Registration Act 2002 still requiring clarification. One outstanding and live issue, however, is Schedule 6 paragraph 5(4)(c). Megarry & Wade note this as one aspect that, ‘remains t... Read More about Precedent before Principle: Adverse Possession, “Reasonable Belief” and Statutory Interpretation of the Land Registration Act 2002 Sch.6 para.5(4).

The Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy (2024)
Book
Bevan, C. (Ed.). (2024). The Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003274056

This handbook provides a comprehensive global survey and assessment of the law and policy relating to homelessness prevention. Homelessness is regarded internationally as one of the most pressing issues facing humanity and one of the greatest social... Read More about The Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy.

Introduction: Learning Lessons Across Borders (2024)
Book Chapter
Bevan, C. (2024). Introduction: Learning Lessons Across Borders. In C. Bevan (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003274056-1

Homelessness is a global challenge that warrants a global perspective. Yet homelessness also presents a global opportunity – to learn lessons across borders and to innovate and inspire new thinking and novel ways of ‘seeing’ homelessness from a genui... Read More about Introduction: Learning Lessons Across Borders.

25 Years of Devolution and a (dis)United Kingdom Homelessness Policy (2024)
Book Chapter
Bevan, C., Serpa, R., & Gray, P. (2024). 25 Years of Devolution and a (dis)United Kingdom Homelessness Policy. In C. Bevan (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003274056-3

This chapter explores the development of homelessness law and policy in the four nations of the United Kingdom. Chris Bevan, Regina Serpa and Paddy Gray reflect on how the different nations of the United Kingdom have responded to the homelessness pro... Read More about 25 Years of Devolution and a (dis)United Kingdom Homelessness Policy.

Delivering a Culture Change in Property Guardianship: Recommendations for Reform to the Regulatory Landscape (2024)
Journal Article
Bevan, C. (2024). Delivering a Culture Change in Property Guardianship: Recommendations for Reform to the Regulatory Landscape. Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law, 16(3), 237-254. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPPEL-02-2024-0007

Purpose

Property guardianship is increasingly being viewed as an alternative and, in many cases, a last resort to the unaffordable private rental market. This upsurge in the incidence of guardianship necessarily amplifies the existing legal grey a... Read More about Delivering a Culture Change in Property Guardianship: Recommendations for Reform to the Regulatory Landscape.

Land Law (2024)
Book
Bevan, C. (in press). Land Law. (4th Edition). Oxford University Press

Property, Law & Theory: Revisiting Classical Accounts and Exploring Contemporary Contexts and Challenges (2024)
Book Chapter
Bevan, C. (in press). Property, Law & Theory: Revisiting Classical Accounts and Exploring Contemporary Contexts and Challenges. In C. Bevan (Ed.), Research Handbook on Property, Law and Theory. Edward Elgar Publishing

This chapter serves as an introduction to the collection and, in so doing, sets the scene and lays the groundwork for the fascinating and diverse chapters that comprise the book. It seeks to frame the collection by elucidating its ambition, scope and... Read More about Property, Law & Theory: Revisiting Classical Accounts and Exploring Contemporary Contexts and Challenges.

A New Definition of ‘Treasure’ under the Treasure Act 1996: Watershed Reform or Missed Opportunity? (2023)
Journal Article
Bevan, C. (2024). A New Definition of ‘Treasure’ under the Treasure Act 1996: Watershed Reform or Missed Opportunity?. Modern Law Review, 87(2), 430 - 447. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12860

A new definition of ‘treasure’ under the Treasure Act 1996 has been introduced by the UK Government providing for a significant change to our understanding of what legally constitutes ‘treasure’ in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Treasure Ac... Read More about A New Definition of ‘Treasure’ under the Treasure Act 1996: Watershed Reform or Missed Opportunity?.