The Ownership of Goods and Chattels

1. What is a Chattel and When Does it Become Capable of Ownership? The Development of Goods and Chattels as Legal Concepts Differentiating Chattels from Other Types of Property Ownership of Chattels Mixtures and Combinations 2. Obtaining and Keeping Title to Property that is Bona Vacantia Animals Plants, Natural Features and Things on Land Human Tissue Wreck, Salvage and Treasure Bona Vacantia in the Narrow Sense - Special Circumstances in which Ownership Reverts to the Crown 3. Obtaining Title to a Chattel from a Third Party Sale Gifts Failed Gifts Conditional Gifts Rejecting a Gift Failure of Transfer of Goods Obtained by Fraud Equitable Interests in Personalty Security Over Personalty Future Goods 7 Money 8 4. Giving Up Rights in Chattels and Acquiring Chattels that have been Surrendered Abandonment Bona Vacantia Bailment Created when Possession has been Abandoned 5. Protecting the Rights of Owners and Possessors of Chattels The Historical Context Statutory Developments Since the 1970s The Major Modern Rights Available to Protect Interests in Goods Trespass to Goods and Conversion