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Adverse Possession: The illegality conundrum
Edward Gamble reports on a decision that clarifies whether a squatter in illegal occupation of a residential building can still establish a claim for adverse possession ‘The illegality principle may have to give way to competing public policy interests from time to time.’ Section 144(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act …
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- Bakewell Management Ltd v Brandwood [2004] UKHL 14
- Cleaver v Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association [1892] 1 QB 147
- Dawes v Hawkins (1860) 25 JP 502
- Hipperson v Newbury District Electoral Registration Officer [1985] 2 All ER 456
- R (Best) v The Chief Land Registrar [2014] EWHC 1370 (Admin); [2015] EWCA Civ 17
- R (Smith) v Land Registry [2009] EWHC 328 (Admin)