000			01600cab a2200241 4500
001			ABS45292
008			090401t1991 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u52126
041			_aeng
245			_aW G Clark (Properties) Ltd v Dupre Properties Ltd
260			_c1991
350			_a0
490			_aWeekly Law Reports _v(1991) 3 WLR 579-591(13)
520			_aChD 4 June 1991. In 1985 the lease of a basement flat was assigned by the landlord (W) to the tenant (D). In 1986 both parties entered into a deed of variation whereby W consented to D carrying out building works to extend the flat into an adjoining courtyard on payment of £5,000. D effectively resigned his original interest and was granted a new lease comprising both flat and courtyard. In 1987 the land registry refused to register the deed as a third party was shown as proprietor of the courtyard although W claimed right to title on the grounds of adverse possession. In July 1989 D claimed damages against W for making false representations of title to the courtyard. W brought proceedings against D claiming possession of the whole of the demised premises on the grounds that the statement of claim in D`s action had denied W`s title to the premises. D`s summons to strike out W`s statement of claim was dismissed. D`s appeal was allowed on the grounds that since D`s pleading positively
650			_aADVERSE POSSESSION
650			_aFORFEITURE
650			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT _96252
650			_aLEASES
650			_aTITLE
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c32337 _d32337