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008			050214n2005 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u128755
100			_aPhillips, A.
245			_aLaws still favour the possessor
260			_c2005
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(0502) 15 January 2005, 98(1)
520			_aLooks at how the much criticised principle of adverse possession has just survived its latest statutory assault from the Land Registration Act 2002. Comments on the recent CA decision "Topplan Estates Ltd v Townley"([2004] EWCA 1369, Abs68471), one of a long line of cases which have found that the person with the paper title to the land is in fact no longer the owner of the land. Outlines the principles of adverse possession under the Limitation Act 1980 s15 and how the 2002 Act amends the time period for continuous possession from 12 to 10 years. Examines the transitional provisions in the Act in respect of adverse possession, which will cease after October 2006 when the new law will be fully in place.
590			_aABS
650			_aSQUATTERS
650			_aTRESPASSERS
650			_aADVERSE POSSESSION
650			_aGRAZING AGREEMENTS
650			_aLAND REGISTRATION ACT 2002
650			_aLIMITATION ACT 1980 S15
650			_aTOPPLAN ESTATES LTD V DAVID TOWNLEY
690			_aPROPERTY
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999			_c74787 _d74787