Course description
This virtual classroom seminar will review the old and reformed legal routes to adverse possession, the court's approach to resolving boundary disputes and the impact such findings have on ownership claims. Join expert speaker James Sandham as he explores the practical lessons from recent case law, including the shocking ‘ambitious land grab’ in Benton and Others v Paes and Others [2023], as well as looking at how the Limitation Act 1980 remains relevant and when it can be used, the operation of the Land Registration Act 2002, and points of practice for the future
James has extensive experience of property, chancery and commercial disputes and has contributed to various publications and journals. Be sure to tune in for his invaluable guidance on this topic.
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Introduction
This virtual classroom seminar will review the old and reformed legal routes to adverse possession, the court's approach to resolving boundary disputes and the impact such findings have on ownership claims.
It will include the practical lessons from recent case law, including the shocking ‘ambitious land grab’ in Benton and Others v Paes and Others [2023].
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive course will cover the following:
- How the Limitation Act 1980 remains relevant and when it can be used
- The operation of the Land Registration Act 2002
- A review of the key authorities, including:
- Unclear conveyances and extrinsic evidence: Simic v Gray CC [2021]
- Exclusive control: Lares v Lares [2020]
- Fallow periods and continuous possession: Haandrikman v Heslam [2021]
- Passageways and intention to possess: Amirtharaja v White [2021]
- Grazing and proprietary estoppel: Milton Keynes Council v Wilsher [2022]
- Accretion and encroachment: Cyntra Properties Ltd v Gillborn [2023]
- Property under licence: Healey v Fraine [2023]
- Exceptions under the 2002 Act (Sch.6 para.5) and reasonable belief of ownership: Dowse v Bradford [2020]
- Sufficiency of evidence: Calverley Village Day Nursery Ltd v Lynch [2022]
- Rational decision-making and credibility: Rowlands v Bishop [2023]
- Appeals and points not run at trial: White v Amirtharaja [2022]
- The ambitious land-grab in Benton and Others v Paes and Others [2023]
- Points of practice for the future
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