Divided by a wall
Divided by a wall
- 1999
- Estates Gazette (9919) 15 May 1999, 160(1) .
Discusses the issue of adverse possession with regard to the case Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Waterloo Real Estate Inc, in which both parties claimed title to a wall which had become key to the redevelopment of both properties. Concludes that adverse possession requires exclusive possession and a demonstrable intention to exclude everyone, and that the test of such intention is the same whether or not the squatter is a conscious trespasser.
ADVERSE POSSESSION
Party walls
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE CO LTD V WATERLOO REAL ESTATE INC
TRESPASS
Discusses the issue of adverse possession with regard to the case Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Waterloo Real Estate Inc, in which both parties claimed title to a wall which had become key to the redevelopment of both properties. Concludes that adverse possession requires exclusive possession and a demonstrable intention to exclude everyone, and that the test of such intention is the same whether or not the squatter is a conscious trespasser.
ADVERSE POSSESSION
Party walls
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE CO LTD V WATERLOO REAL ESTATE INC
TRESPASS