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Miscellaneous
This page contains various miscellaneous matters relating to adverse possession:The Crown
Electoral roll as evidence
Fences
Former tenants
Highways
Interruption of possession: Is a mere demand for possession sufficient? - Squatter lying low - Temporary self-exclusion.
River bed
Tenant acquiring possessory title for landlord
Walls
Crown
Hill v Transport for London
[2005] EWHC 856 (Ch)
An obscure case on adverse possession. Deals with the situation where the paper owner is the Crown or a person claiming through the Crown. In either case the limitation period is 30 years. Held: The period of 30 years is counted from the date upon which the right of action originally accrued either to the Crown or to a predecessor if there was one.
Electoral roll as evidence
King v Job
[2002] All ER (D). 1/2/02
The county court judge relied on evidence of the electoral roll to come to the conclusion that the defendant was not in possession of the property during part of the relevant period and rejected the defendants evidence on the point. He had found the defendant to be unreliable. The CA held that the judge was entitled to accept the e ... THIS IS AN EXTRACT OF THE FULL TEXT. TO GET THE FULL TEXT, SEE BELOW
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