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Lost or abandoned objects: Finders keepers?
Mark Pawlowski looks at the case law on the ownership of objects found on or in land ‘Where an object is found attached to realty (ie, land or buildings), the finder (who is not a trespasser) will have some rights but the occupier of the land (or building) will have a superior title.’ The general …
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- Armory v Delamirie [1722] EWHC KB J94
- Bridges v Hawkesworth (1851) 21 LJ QB 75
- Elwes v Brigg Gas Company (1886) 33 Ch D 562
- Hannah v Peel [1945] KB 509
- London City Corporation v Appleyard [1963] 2 All ER 834
- Parker v British Airways Board [1982] QB 1004
- South Staffordshire Water Co v Sharman [1896] 2 QB 44
- Waverley Borough Council v Fletcher [1996] QB 334
- Webb v Ireland [1988] IR 372