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100 _aSara, C.
245 _aPrescription - what is it for?
260 _c2004
490 _aConveyancer and Property Lawyer
_v(68) January/February 2004, 13-18(6)
520 _aExamines prescriptive rights enshrined in common law asking whether they are still necessary in the light of international conventions and agreements setting out fundamental human rights. The Land Registration Act 2002 moves away from the principle of adverse possession whilst still recognising proprietary rights. Lord Hoffman in "R v Oxfordshire CC ex p Sunningwell Parish Council" (HL, Abs60977) stresses the importance of rules of prescription.
590 _aABS
650 _aPRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS
650 _aPRESCRIPTION
650 _aADVERSE POSSESSION
650 _aR V OXFORDSHIRE CC AND ANOTHER EX P SUNNINGWELL PARISH COUNCIL
650 _aLAND REGISTRATION ACT 2002
650 _aCOMMON LAW
650 _aCONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
650 _aCHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
650 _aHUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
650 _aDALTON V ANGUS AND CO
690 _aPROPERTY
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