Claims To The Possession Of Land

Claims to the Possession of Land sets out and explains the law and procedure of each type of possession claim. With nearly 300 comprehensive forms and precedents, which are readily adaptable for a whole range of cases, it provides a complete and thorough exposition of this complex subject.This definitive work on what is an increasingly important area of law has now been published as a looseleaf. As such it offers up-to-date information on a regular basis to property and litigation lawyers, property managers, landlords, tenants and other occupiers.This looseleaf service has been extensively revised and updated to take account of all new case law as well as changes in legislation. It includes full coverage of the Civil Procedure Rules as well as the cases decided under the new rules.Claims to the Possession of Land is the primary and portable reference work for every type of possession action - both for those seeking possession and those resisting it.One looseleaf volume, two service issues per year (invoiced separately on publication)

This book provides guidance for judicial officer in the conduct of civil proceedings, from preliminary matters to the conduct of final proceedings and the assessment of damages and costs. It contains concise statements of relevant legal principles, references to legislation, sample orders for judicial official to use where suitable and checklists applicable to various kinds of issues that arise in the course of managing and conducting civil litigation.

Claims to adverse possession are very popular and yet the law is far from straightforward. It is also very topical having been recently reviewed by the House of Lords in JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham, and the Land Registration Act 2002 has made significant alterations. However it will still apply to unregistered land and even in the case of registered land, adverse possession will continue to be of importance and an area of considerable complexity.Jourdan: Adverse Possession is the first text book to deals with the subject in detail. It provides a full treatise on the law, referring to both English and Commonwealth authorities, and examines the various issues of principle and practice which arise including title, meaning and elements of possession, the running of time, estoppel and human rights considerations. It also deals with specific circumstances and factors such as registered title, easements, leases, mortgages, trusts, co-ownership, and licences. Valuable advice is also given drafting pleadings in adverse possession disputes.Written by a well-known barrister from a leading set of chambers, it is the only detailed, practical guide to this area of law. It will be of value to a

Welcome, the following information will explain in detail how to claim land and property legally. The UK Land Registry currently holds details of around 21 million registered land plots and properties; in effect it's a massive database of property ownership guaranteed by the land registry itself. In simple terms, this leaves an estimated 7 million unregistered land plot and properties in the UK right now with a combined value of billions of 's. This is not to say all 7 million can easily be claimed ... But taking into account the size of the figures involved here, the likelihood of finding several plots of land and properties that you could claim is very good indeed. According to the Empty Homes Agency there are approximately 900,000 empty homes in Britain of which nearly 800,000 are in London. A sizeable proportion of these are abandoned or derelict. These properties, few of which have traceable owners, are just the type that after carrying out all proper research you may be able to claim from using this guide. These properties will of course at some time have had an owner. It may be that the owner has simply never registered his or her title... However it could also be that the owner has died and left no will and has no relatives or that the owner has never moved away from the area many years ago effectively abandoning the property. These then briefly are some of the types of property and the plots. Which by the following the detailed guidelines within this guide, you could claim as your own via the legal vehicle of adverse possession. We will cover all these points in much more detail later. Another interesting point worthy of mentioning here is the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors figure of over 17,000 plots of land and property that are being illegally claimed every year or around 250 per week. Not all of these would be claims of the scale and type we are going to consider in this guide. However this did lead Charles Harpum of the Law Commission (who helped draft the recent Land registration Act 2002) to recently comment that people claiming land and property had become something of a "national pastime." The legal definition of adverse possession is as follows. "The gaining of title real estate is continuous hostile, open, and notorious possession over a statutory period." Again we'll cover the content of this definition in further detail, as we progress. Initially, the land plots and properties you'll be looking for could be run down or abandoned...Derelict farmhouses or disowned buildings... Properties accessed via an overgrown driveway & rusty gates ... Fields, hidden plots of land.... Even old terraced or detached houses. BUT WHERE DO YOU START? Please read on and I will explain in full following the pages of this guide.

Exploration of the issues surrounding resettlement of the East Timorese population since independence. Effectively having a 'clean slate' to establish ownership laws and institutions to regulate land ownership and use, the new East Timorese government must seek to balance the peace, security and economy of its people. Includes references and index. Author is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the Australian National University.