Possession order

Possession order - 2002 - Estates Gazette [2002] 10 EG 156(CS) (09/03/02) .

"Bath and North East Somerset DC v Nicholson" ChD 22 February 2002. The claimant council B commenced possession proceedings against respondent N after many years of adverse possession. N, resisting the application on the grounds that he claimed adverse possesion, argued that the claim was time-barred under Limitation Act 1980 s15 and Sched 1 and that the 'without prejudice' letter of 1988 proposing lease terms was inadmissible. Held that B was entitled to possession as N had failed to prove adverse possession.


BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET DC V NICHOLSON
ADVERSE POSSESSION
LIMITATION ACT 1980 S15
LIMITATION ACT 1980 SCHEDULE 1