• New commentary on sale by possessors of motor vehicles subject to a security interest in Chapter 2 (Title to Goods), including the High Court decision in General Motors Acceptance Corporation Australia v Southbank Traders Pty Ltd (2007);
• Revision of Chapter 5 (Native Title), including analysis of new cases De Rose v State of South Australia (No 2) [2005]; Bennell v State of Western Australia (2006) (and subsequent High Court decision in Bodney v Bennell [2008]);
• Revised commentary in Chapter 6 (The Torrens System) which raises questions as to whether the conservatism engendered by the decision in Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd [2007] and other relevant High Court authorities is warranted;
• A restructure of Chapter 8 (Dispositions) and addition of new Chapter 9 (Defeasible Transactions), incorporating content on the regulation of land sales and land title insurance;
• A new section on the requirement of writing and analysis of the High Court decision in Theodore v Mistford Pty Ltd [2005] in Chapter 10 (Mortgages);
• Complete revision of Chapter 11 (Leases), with new material on the difference between legal and equitable leases, types of leases, validity of leases and withholding consent to subletting; and
• New case summaries added to Chapter 16 (Easements) eg Highmist v Tricare [2005]; Timpar Nominees Pty Ltd v Archer [2001] and Khattar v Wiese (2005).

Table of Contents

1. The nature of property

2. Title to goods

3. Title to land

4. Estates in land

5. Native title

6. The Torrens System: the principle of indefeasibility

7. Priorities

8. Dispositions

9. Defeasible transactions

10. Mortgages

11. Leases

12. Housing

13. Co-ownership

14. Future interests and perpetuities

15. Limits to property

16. Easements, covenants and rights of way

17. Property in intagibles