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When is a chattel not a chattel?
LA2015 Monday, week 2, 2014
The law of fixtures changes the character of some physical objects placed on land from personal property to real property
Whatever is attached to the soil becomes part of the soilImage: http://stlbridge.com/category/projects/pile-driving-deep-foundations/
Nailed to the floor: chattel or fixture?
Bolted to concrete
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Resting on own weight
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Geita Sebea v The Territory of Papua (1941) 67 CLR 544Image: http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch/asearch?name=HESTON&gazetteer=heston&POPULATED_PLACE=HESTON&LONDON_BOROUGH=HOUNSLOW&searchCountry=3
Purpose of Annexation Test Belgrave Nominees v Barlin Scott Air Conditioning (1984) VR 947
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Real or personal property?
