Michael Poulsom

My profile

Biography

I was awarded my LL.B. (1995) and LL.M. (2001) from Birmingham University, and Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (College of Law, York, 1996).  I was a  practising Solicitor specialising in commercial and residential property from 1998 until 2014, and have been a full time lecturer since 2011.  I have been undertaking research in areas of property law and property practice since 2012.

I am an Associate Editor for the Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law.

Specialism

Property Law and Conveyancing

Academic and professional qualifications

LL.B. LL.M. Solicitor (Non – Practising) FHEA

Other academic service (administration and management)

I am the Unit Leader for the Graduate Diploma in Law Land Law modules, and a Senior Lecturer on LLB Land Law, LPC Property Law and Practice and LLB Equity and Trusts modules.

Research outputs

Peer-reviewed publications

2022 - ‘Reassessing Forfeiture for Commercial Rent Arrears’, The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 2022 (full citation awaited from publisher)

2021 – ‘Working from Home and Restrictive Covenants: An Analysis’, The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 2021 (1) 71-83

2020 – ‘Estate Rentcharges and Positive Covenants: An Analysis’, The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 4th September 2020, 130-142

2019 – ‘Acquiring Property Rights ex turpi causa’, The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 19th March 2019, 149-161

2018 – ‘Taking a View: The Protection of views in England and Wales’, The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 1st July 2018, 133-144

2017 -‘Section 62 LPA 1925: Restating the Case for Reform’, International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, Vol 9, No.1, 2017, 79-91

Non peer-reviewed publications

No Trespassing’ – a guide to Adverse Possession, Property in Practice (quarterly journal of The Law Society Property Section), December 2014

Future Trouble’ – a guide to overage, Property in Practice, December 2013

The Ties that Bind’ – a caselaw update on freehold covenants, Property in Practice, September 2013

Ways and Means’ - a caselaw update on rights of way, Property in Practice, September 2012

‘Section 27 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954: A tactical approach’,Property Law Journal, 2004