Adverse possession
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PP 2005/22
Beaulane Properties Ltd v Palmer [2005] 14 EG 129 (CS). The High Court has surprised the property industry by declaring that the law relating to adverse possession that applied to…
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Batsford Estates (1983) Co Ltd v Taylor and another
Landlord and tenant — Agricultural land — Respondent serving notice to quit — Surrender agreement subject to allowing appellants’ continued occupation of land — Appellants refusing to surrender land –…
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Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd v Walters and others
Adverse possession — Occupation by licence — Possession claim — Whether licence determined — Whether defendants having necessary intention to possess — Claim allowed
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PP 2005/13
Land Registry has clarified its guidelines on adverse possession following Nicholas Strauss QC’s ruling in Beaulane Properties Ltd v Palmer [2005] PLSCS 64; [2005] 14 EG 129 (CS).
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Beaulane Properties Ltd v Palmer
Property — Peaceful enjoyment of possessions — Defendant claiming exclusive possession and control of disputed land — Whether defendant acquiring adverse title to land — Whether claimant being deprived of…
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Generay Ltd v Containerised Storage Co Ltd and another
Adverse possession claim — Respondent temporarily fencing itself out of part of land for purposes of litigation with another party — Judge holding this not amounting to interruption of possession…
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Trustees of Grantham Christian Fellowship v The Scout Association Trust Corporation
Land registration — Possessory title — Appellants applying for first registration of land — Deputy solicitor refusing to cancel respondent’s possessory title — Whether solicitor’s finding of elements for adverse…
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Colin Dawson Windows Ltd v King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council and another
Adverse possession — Whether appellant’s title lost by time of counterclaim — Whether respondent occupying pursuant to implied licence from appellant pending negotiations for sale — Appeal allowed
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Topplan Estates Ltd v Townley
Disputed land — Action for possession — respondent counter-claiming adverse possession — Whether possession ceasing on termination of earlier grazing agreements — Whether roadworks affecting disputed land interrupting in adverse…
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Centreprise Trust Ltd v Hackney London Borough Council
Constructive trust — Beneficial Interest — Adverse possession — Claimant occupying held property on lease — Defendant council purchasing freehold but claimant remaining in occupation — Whether defendant holding property…
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Soorma v Haward
Adverse possession — Limitation Act 1980 — Third party erecting wall across part of appellant’s land — Whether appellant’s title to land barred by adverse possession — Appeal allowed in…
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Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Smith
Claimant owning railway arches and land — Defendant using land and arches for considerable period of time — Whether defendant establishing title by way of adverse possession