Forfeiture: Leases, licences and certainty

Gowling WLG | Property Law Journal | December 2019/January 2020 #377
The Supreme Court has made the landmark move of extending the doctrine of relief from forfeiture to certain property licences. Annabel Heath and Clive Chalkley consider the case ‘The courts have previously fallen short of granting relief in cases where there is a mere contractual possessory right of land ie contractual licences granting rights over …

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Charity land: Tomb raider

Lee Bolton Monier-Williams | Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal | October 2019 #210
Ian Blaney and Ben Nichols report on an unusual case that contains a warning for charity trustees of the dangers of adverse possession ‘King would support the view that the claimant must factually enter onto the discrete land which they are seeking to adversely possess or clearly take steps to exclude the true owner from …

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