Manorial title: Reconstructing title

Paul Stafford considers whether it’s possible for a purchaser to acquire rights that a vendor was unaware of when buying manorial lordship titles Land which has been in continuous ownership since before 13 October 2013 may be subject to lordship rights belonging to a lord whom the owner of the land has no way of …
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Cases Referenced

  • Burton v Walker [2013] EWHC 811 (Ch); [2013] EWCA Civ 1228; [2014] 1 P. & C.R. 9; [2013] 3 E.G.L.R. 129
  • Roberts v Crown Estate Commissioners [2008] EWHC 1302 (Ch)
  • Roberts v Swangrove Estates Ltd [2007] EWHC 513 (Ch); [2007] 2 P. & C.R. 17); [2008] EWCA Civ 98; [2008] Ch 439 (CA)
  • Smith v Smith (1816) 2 Price 101; 146 ER 34
  • Soane v Ireland (1808) 10 East 259; 103 ER 773
  • Wynne-Finch and others v Natural Resources Body for Wales [2020] EWHC 1924 (Ch); [2021] EWCA Civ 1473