Adverse possession
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JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd and another v United Kingdom
Adverse possession — Human rights — Section 15 of Limitation Act 1980 — Section 75 of Land Registration Act 1925 — House of Lords deciding squatters acquiring land by adverse…
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Van Hoogstraten trial continues at High Court
Adverse possession — Human rights Section 15 of Limitation Act 1980 Section 75 of Registration Act 1925 — House of Lords deciding squatters acquiring land by adverse possession — Registered…
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JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd and another v United Kingdom
Possessory title — Grazing licences — Applicant landowner refusing to renew licences — Licencees continuing to farm disputed land — House of Lords holding land being occupied by adverse possession…
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Tennant and another v Adamczyk and another
Adverse possession — Evidence — Date at which adverse possession required to be shown — Test of factual possession and intention to possess — Whether acts relied upon by respondents…
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Batsford Estates (1983) Co Ltd v Taylor and another
Adverse possession — Permission — Limitation Act 1980 — Implied permission — Tenant remaining in occupation without paying rent — Paragraph 8(4) of Schedule 1 to 1980 Act — Whether…
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Generay Ltd v The Containerised Storage Co Ltd
Adverse possession — Possession — Temporary exclusion — Squatter in possession of land for limitation period — Self-exclusion by squatter from small area for temporary period — Whether period of…
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Hill and another v Transport for London
Adverse possession — Crown — Period of limitation — Title held by Crown for intervening period — Schedule 1 to para 12 of Limitation Act 1980 — Whether 30-year limitation…
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Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Barrett and another
Tenancy — Appellants acquiring tenancy and then freehold of public house Appellants using fenced land adjoining property — Whether appellants acquiring adverse title to land — Appeal allowed
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Henry Boot Construction Ltd v Alstom Combined Cycles Ltd
Construction contract — Interim certificate — Whether claim for contractual right to payment arising when work done or upon issue of certificate — Whether appellant having continuing right to certification…
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Wretham v Ross and another
Adverse possession — Application to register title to parcels of land — Whether deputy solicitor applying wrong test of adverse possession — Appeal allowed in part
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Topplan Estates Ltd v Townley
Adverse possession — Limitation Act 1980 — Acts constituting adverse possession — Squatter holding on after expiry of grazing licence — Whether quality of possession adverse — Interruption by highway…
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Hill and another v Transport for London
Land — Compulsory acquisition — Defendant’s predecessor transferring land to claimants — Land compulsorily acquired and vested in defendant — Whether claimants’ adverse possession extinguishing defendant’s title — Claim dismissed