Simplicity, certainty and alienation have been described as the “core drivers” of land law (D Cowan et al, Great Debates in Land Law (2nd edn, Palgrave 2016), 5). Discuss the extent to which the forma

Simplicity, certainty and alienation have been described as the “core drivers” of land law (D Cowan et al, Great Debates in Land Law (2nd edn, Palgrave 2016), 5). Discuss the extent to which the formality requirements for the transfer of a freehold estate in land unnecessarily interfere with the circulation and flow of property rights in land.