Introduction On this page we are considering the following question: "Who owns the disputed land according to 'the deeds'?". That person is commonly known as the -paper owner-. A number of factors will be looked at but as will be seen the key point is to find the...

Introduction If parties to a boundary dispute enter into a compromise the agreement settling the dispute will not be binding if it falls foul of the provisions of s2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989, which sets out the legal requirements in...

The owner of land can sometimes lose ownership to a trespasser by "adverse possession". The law is complicated: Where the land is unregistered or where the land is registered but the trespasser notched up 12 years adverse possession before 13 October 2003, when the...

Expert evidence in boundary disputes Childs v Vernon [2007] EWCA Civ 305 There is no new law in the case. However, there is a passage in the judgment that may assist solicitors when drafting a direction relating to a single joint expert or indeed drafting instructions...