1. Michael Draper College of law and Criminology Swansea University
Re-imagining Land law Practice Driven vs Research Led: A Mixed Approach from Swansea
Michael Draper
College of law and Criminology
Swansea University

2. Swansea Structure
Land Law taught at Level 5 alongside Equity and Trusts
Teaching via Semester 1 and 2
Two compulsory Land Law modules
Land Law 1
Land Law 2

3. Land Law 1 Syllabus Meaning of Land: Estates and Interests
Co-ownership
Systems of Registration
Adverse Possession
Learning Outcomes – use of clickers/Kahoot/MCQ’s

4. Assessment Formative case analysis Summative case analysis - seen
Summative MCQ assessment - unseen

5. Land Law 2 Syllabus
Leases and Licences NB Renting Homes Wales Act 2016
Mortgages
Easements
Covenants
Assessment: Unseen ‘standard’ Examination

6. Feedback to Students
From your seminar tutor on contributions in seminars
Individualised feedback on formative assessment
Generic feedback on formative assessment
Reports on the main sitting of the Land Law examination in January/May
Individual feedback and the opportunity to see examination script by appointment

7. Options
replace current module in Planning Law with  two new modules related to land use planning in to meet the very different needs of students interested in those considering a career in Commercial Practice.
To appeal to a wider audience. At the moment the students I get are generally interested in land law which doesn't really have much bearing on planning law. I want to appeal to new audiences and I think this would be an effective means of doing so.
This approach also fits better with the twin developments of HR education in the College and providing for a more 'practice-oriented' approach to teaching planning law given the changes soon to be introduced by the SRA. 

8. Land Use Planning for Commercial Practice
Semester 1
Planning as a Regulatory Regime
The private versus the public interest
Development plans and business interests
The Meaning of ‘Development’
Taking Decisions on Planning Applications
Planning Conditions and Obligations

9. Property Law and Practice Functioning Legal Knowledge Assessment
Candidates are required to demonstrate that they know how to:
A. Identify the key elements of a freehold property transaction to meet the needs of a client
B. Conduct an investigation of a registered or an unregistered freehold title
C. Carry out pre-contract searches and enquiries undertaken when acquiring a freehold property
D. Progress a freehold property transaction to exchange of contracts
E. Carry out pre-completion steps relevant to a freehold property transaction
F. Carry out completion and post-completion steps to meet the needs of a client
G. Apply an understanding of the grant and the assignment of a commercial lease to meet the needs of a client.
H. Apply an understanding of the key lease covenants in a commercial lease and the law relating to a breach of these covenants.

10. Legal Knowledge
In the assessment candidates are expected to draw on and apply knowledge from the following areas of law and practice to scenarios regularly encountered in practice:
The core principles of land law and relevant aspects of trust and contract law.
The core knowledge areas of freehold real estate law and practice.
The core knowledge areas of leasehold real estate law and practice.
The core principles of planning law (NB position in Wales very different).
The core principles of property taxation

11. Re-imagining Land Law
Suggestions
Discussion
Conclusion