Table of Contents

Preface
List of Figures
Table of Statutes
Table of Statutory Instruments

1 The Legal Nature of a Right of Light
2 Rights of Light: Creation
3 Preventing a Right of Light Arising by Prescription: Consent and Obstruction
4 Agreements Dealing with Light
5 Successors in Title and Registration of Rights
6 The Nature and Extent of a Right to Light
7 Extinguishing Rights of Light
8 Interference with Rights of Light
9 Statutory Authorisation of Interferences with Rights of Light
10 Remedies for Interference with Right of Light
11 Reform

Appendices

A Quantification of Light and its Loss
B Valuation of Light and its Loss
C Legislation
C1 Prescription Act 1832 (1832 c 71), Extracts
C2 Law of Property Act 1925 (1925 c 20), Extracts
C3 Rights of Light Act 1959 (1959 c 56)
C4 Local Land Charges Act 1975 (1975 c 76), Extracts
C5 Senior Courts 1981 (1981 c 54), Extracts
C6 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (1990 c 8), Extract
C7 Party Wall etc Act 1996 (1996 c 40), Extract
C8 Land Registration Act 2002 (2002 c 9), Extracts
C9 Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (2003 c 38), Extracts
C10 Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Lands Chamber) Rules 2010, SI 2010/2600 (L15), Extracts
Index

About the Author

Jonathan Karas is a subject editor of Hill and Redman's Law of Landlord and Tenant and author (with David Elvin QC) of Unlawful Interference with Land, second edition (2002). He has made substantial contribution to Halsbury's Laws of England, being a contributing editor to the Compulsory Acquisition title (1996), editor of the Distress title (2000, 2007 re-issues), the Forestry Title (2007 and 2009 re-issues) and editor of the Perpetuities and Accumulations volume.