• 🔒 Squatter's Rights: The Legal Path to Ownership

  • Apr 19 2025
  • Length: 18 mins
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🔒 Squatter's Rights: The Legal Path to Ownership

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    We explore adverse possession, commonly known as "squatter's rights," examining how possessing land for a certain period can legally transfer ownership from paper owners to squatters under English land law.

    • Possession gives a proprietary right to land, supporting the maxim "possession is nine-tenths of the law"
    • Adverse possession requires factual possession, open possession, intention to possess, and no written acknowledgment of the paper owner's title
    • Paper owners must assert their rights within a specific time period or risk losing them permanently
    • The Lambeth v. Blackburn case demonstrates how changing locks and making a property habitable constitutes adverse possession
    • Intention doesn't require believing you own the land - even temporary squatters expecting eviction can gain title after sufficient time
    • The landmark J.A. Pye v. Graham case clarifies that possession can be adverse even when squatters would accept permission if offered

    In the next session, we'll continue our exploration of adverse possession, reviewing intent requirements and examining the specific rules for unregistered land.


    💡⚖️ Let’s learn the law together—one session at a time!

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