Real Estate in UK Law
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Alan Wibberley Building Ltd v Insley
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It follows that if it becomes necessary to establish the exact boundary, the deeds will almost invariably have to be supplemented by such inferences as may be drawn from topographical features which existed, or may be supposed to have existed, when the conveyances were executed.
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Chadwick and Others v Abbotswood Properties Ltd and Others
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Where the definition of the parcels in a conveyance or transfer is not clear, then the court must have recourse to extrinsic evidence, and in particular to the physical features on the ground.
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Inwards v Baker
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It is quite plain from those authorities that if the owner of land requests another, or indeed allows another, to expend miner on the land under an expectation created or encouraged by the landlord that he will be able to remain there, that raises an equity in the licensee such as to entitle him to stay. The principle only applied, he said, when there was an expectation of some precise legal term.
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Oxfordshire County Council v Oxford City Council
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But, with respect to the judge, I do not agree that the low-level agricultural activities must be regarded as having been inconsistent with use for sports and pastimes for the purposes of section 22 if in practice they were not. Nor do I follow how the fact that, upon registration, the land would become subject to the 1857 and 1876 Acts can be relevant to the question of whether there has been the requisite user by local inhabitants for upwards of 20 years before the date of the application.
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Ramnarace v Lutchman
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Generally speaking, adverse possession is possession which is inconsistent with and in denial of the title of the true owner. Possession is not normally adverse if it is enjoyed by a lawful title or with the consent of the true owner.
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Methuen-Campbell v Walters
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In my judgment, for one corporeal hereditament to fall within the curtilage of another, the former must be so intimately associated with the latter as to lead to the conclusion that the former in truth forms part and parcel of the latter.
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Treloar v Nute
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It is not in doubt that under the 1939 Act as under the previous law, the person claiming by possession must show either (1) discontinuance by the paper owner followed by possession or (2) dispossession (or as it is sometimes called 'ouster') of the paper owner, Clearly, possession concurrent with the paper owner is insufficient.
- International real estate research
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Integration between real estate equity and non-real estate equity
Purpose: – The paper examined the long-run relationship between real estate equity (property listed stock) and non-real estate equity (common stock) in the Nigerian capital market and established t...
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European real estate market convergence
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test the extent of convergence in rents and yields in the European real estate office market. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses the concepts of b...
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Mapping “infected” real estate property
Purpose: In 2009, the research team of Unger and Nelen was requested to study the scale of entwinement between money laundering activities and the Dutch real estate sector. For this, the team devel...
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Brexit – Real Estate Update
In the run-up to the referendum, many of the headlines focused on the economy and immigration. Little was made of the real estate market, which is surprising given that it is reported to be worth n...
- Investment in the UK Real Estate Market
- European Tax Bulletin For Real Estate Funds
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Real Estate Quarterly - Spring 2019
Hogan Lovells quarterly newsletter on legal topics relevant to the UK real estate industry. Please see full Publication below for more information.