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Easements: Acquisition by prescription
James Atkins provides a review of the current law ‘There are no less than three methods by which an easement may be acquired: through long use for the benefit of dominant land at common law, by the doctrine of lost modern grant, and under the Prescription Act 1832.’ In its report of 7 June 2011 …
Cases Referenced
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- Angus & Co v Dalton (1877) 3 QBD 85
- London Tara Hotel Ltd v Kensington Close Hotel Ltd [2010] EWHC 2749 (Ch); [2011] EWCA Civ 1356
- Matthews & anor v Herefordshire Council [2011] EWLandRA 2011_0056
- R (Beresford) v Sunderland City Council [2003] UKHL 60
- Smith v Brudenell-Bruce [2002] 2 P&CR 4
- Webb & anor v Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council [2011] EWLandRA 2010_0892
- Williams v James (1867) LR 2 CP 577