Adverse possession: Moral authority

Naveed Ali analyses the evolution of adverse possession ‘Despite this “unjust” method of acquisition, there are numerous arguments in favour of adverse possession. Firstly, there is the notion that the very existence of adverse possession encourages negligent landowners to make use of their disused land.’ Land law has long acknowledged the rights of other people …
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Book Review: Dispelling the rumours

Jamie Kidd finds Stephen Jourdan and Oliver Radley-Gardner’s Adverse Possession an invaluable guide for all practitioners The first edition of Adverse Possession (which confirmed the law up to 31 July 2002) was well timed. It was published shortly after the House of Lords handed down their decision in JA Pye (Oxford)Ltd & ors v Graham …
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