Manorial Rights: Title challenge

Paul Stafford explains why those who hold a manorial title, or those who challenge it, must examine the foundations on which the particular title stands ‘The exercise of any right of lordship depends first on establishing or upholding title to the lordship; this is a more difficult task than is often recognised.’Manorial law continues to …
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Cases Referenced

  • Baxendale v Instow Parish Council [1982] Ch 14
  • Crown Estate Commissioners v Roberts [2008] EWHC 1302
  • Delacherois v Delacherois (1864) 11 HLC 62
  • Doe d Clayton v Williams (1843) 11 M&W 803
  • Merttens v Hill [1901] 1 Ch 842
  • Morris v Smith and Paget (1585) Cro. Eliz. 38
  • Re Holliday [1922] 2 Ch 698
  • Rooke v Lord Kensington (1856) 2 K & J 753
  • Simpson v Attorney General [1904] AC 476