Law of Property Act 1925: Primary legislation governing property law in England and Wales. Key sections include 1(2) and 62 regarding legal estates and implied grants, and Section 65 regarding creation of easements.

Land Registration Act 2002: Legislation governing the registration of land rights, including requirements for registration of easements and priority rules for protecting rights.

Highways Act 1980: Legislation relevant when easements connect to public highways, including necessary permissions and restrictions for road access.

Re Ellenborough Park [1956]: Key case law establishing four essential characteristics of valid easements: must have dominant and servient tenements, must accommodate the dominant tenement, owners must be different persons, and right must be capable of forming subject matter of grant.

Town and Country Planning Act 1990: Planning legislation that may affect the creation and implementation of road easements, including necessary planning permissions.

Environmental Protection Act 1990: Environmental legislation that must be considered for potential environmental impacts of road easements.

Building Regulations: Local authority requirements that may affect the construction and maintenance of roads subject to easements.

Land Covenants: Existing restrictive covenants affecting the land must be checked to ensure they don't conflict with proposed road easement.