Law 440 Property CAN Ziff Winter 2018 Property CAN Winter ‘18 COMMMON LAW ESTATES AND ABORIGINAL TITLE ....................................................................................................1 K GRAY & SF GRAY, ELEMENTS OF LAND LAW .....................................................................................................1 The doctrine of Estates: ..................................................................................................................................1 The old freehold estates of the common law ..................................................................................................1 THE ESTATE IN FEE SIMPLE .....................................................................................................................................2 RC ELLICKSON, PROPERTY IN LAND .....................................................................................................................2 ESTATES LECTURE ..................................................................................................................................................3 HOW ARE ESTATES CREATED? ............................................................................................................................3 THE FEE TAIL ......................................................................................................................................................4 THE LIFE ESTATE .................................................................................................................................................4 THE CASTLE MOVIE ................................................................................................................................................4 THE LIFE ESTATE .....................................................................................................................................................5 Re Walker ......................................................................................................................................................5 Re Taylor .......................................................................................................................................................5 Christensen v Martini Estate...........................................................................................................................6 WHAT CAN BE DONE UNDER A LIFE ESTATE? .......................................................................................................7 DOCTRINE OF WASTE .........................................................................................................................................7 WHO PAYS FOR EXPENSE IN A LIFE ESTATE .........................................................................................................8 Powers v Powers Estate .................................................................................................................................8 CAN YOU SELL A LIFE ESTATE? ............................................................................................................................9 THE LAW OF DOWER ..............................................................................................................................................9 In-class example ............................................................................................................................................9 The Dower Act, RSA 2000 ...............................................................................................................................9 ABORIGINAL TITLE AND PROPERTY INTERESTS .......................................................................................................... 11 ABORIGINAL TITLE ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Delgamuukw v British Columbia ................................................................................................................... 13 SIMILARITIES BETTERN ABORIGINAL TITLE AND COMMON LAW ESTATES .............................................................. 15 Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia ............................................................................................................ 15 HOW CAN AN ABORIGINAL TITLE RIGHT BE LOST?............................................................................................. 16 CHAPTER 6 ............................................................................................................................................................... 17 USES AND THE STATUTES OF USES ........................................................................................................................ 17 Statue of Uses (1535) ................................................................................................................................... 17 From the Statutes of Uses to the Modern-Day Trust...................................................................................... 18 TRUSTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 19 Resulting Trusts ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Pecore v Pecore ........................................................................................................................................... 20 CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Kerr v Baranow; Vanasse v Seguin ................................................................................................................ 22 CULTURAL APPROPRIATION AND PROPERTY LAW ............................................................................................. 24 Bulun Bulun v R & T Textiles Ply Ltd .............................................................................................................. 24 CHAPTER 7 - CONDITIONAL DISPOSITIONS ................................................................................................................ 26 BASIC CONCEPTS .............................................................................................................................................. 26 Class Notes .................................................................................................................................................. 27 Suartburn (Municipality) v Kiansky ............................................................................................................... 28 Phipps v Ackers ............................................................................................................................................ 28 McKeen Estate v McKeen Estate ................................................................................................................... 28 Caroline (Village) v Roper ............................................................................................................................. 29 UNCERTAINTY AND RESTRAINTS ON ALIENATION ................................................................................................. 30 PUBLIC POLICY AS A GROUND FOR DECLARING STIPULATIONS TO BE INVALID ................................................... 30 Unger v Gossen ............................................................................................................................................ 30 Re Leonard Foundation Trust ....................................................................................................................... 31 UNCERTAINTY .................................................................................................................................................. 32 HJ Hayes Co v Meade ................................................................................................................................... 32 Fennell v Fennel ........................................................................................................................................... 32 Sifton v Sifton .............................................................................................................................................. 33 KOTSAR v SHATTOCK.................................................................................................................................... 33 RESTRAINTS ON ALIENATION ........................................................................................................................... 33 Trinity College School v Lyons ....................................................................................................................... 34 CHAPTER 8 – LEASES, LICENSES, BAILMENTS ............................................................................................................. 35 TYPES OF LEASES .............................................................................................................................................. 35 LEASE VS LICENSE ......................................................................................................................................... 36 METRO-MATIC V HULMANN (LIMIT ON TYPE OF USE DOES NOT DETRACT FROM IT BEING A LEASE) .............. 36 TRANSFER OF LEASES ......................................................................................................................................