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Constructive Trusts and Theft (2023)
Journal Article
Rotherham, C. (2023). Constructive Trusts and Theft. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 54(1), 295-316. https://doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v54i1.8447

The Theft Act 1968 (UK) marked a major reform of United Kingdom criminal law resulting in numerous offences being superseded by a broad crime of theft. The Act explicitly provided that theft extended to interferences with equitable property rights. W... Read More about Constructive Trusts and Theft.

Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons (2019)
Book Chapter
Rotherham, C. (2019). Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons. In B. McFarlane, & S. Agnew (Eds.), Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 10, 145-166. Hart Publishing

An occupier who enjoys light through a window in England, Wales or Northern Ireland for 20 years acquires an easement, the breach of which will amount to a nuisance. While other common law jurisdictions inherited the English law on ‘ancient lights’,... Read More about Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons.