Hughes v Cork

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1994
Date1994
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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17 cases
  • Roberts v Crown Estate Commissioners
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 February 2008
    ...was evidence that they believed that the Magor Land was foreshore and, as such, part of the Crown Estate. As Saville LJ explained in Hughes v. Cork (14 February 1994 unreported) it is obvious that it is possible for a person who (albeit mistakenly) believes himself to be the true owner to h......
  • Eastaugh v Crisp and 2 Ors
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 12 July 2006
    ...to be a tenant: compare Lodge v Wakefield MBC [1995] 2 EGLR 124; or (iii) Believed himself already to own it: compare Hughes v Cork [1994] EGCS 25. As is well known, time stops running if possession is discontinued. The twelve years must be continuous. There is no dispute as to this. 146 Fi......
  • Toolsie Persaud Ltd v Andrew James Investments Ltd et Al
    • Caribbean Community
    • Caribbean Court of Justice
    • 15 July 2008
    ...believing oneself to be the true owner, suffices. 26 As Saville, L.J. (later Lord Saville of Newdigate) stated in Hughes v. Cork [1994] E.G.C.S. 25, quoted by S Jourdan, Adverse Possession, Tottel Publishing Ltd 2007, reprinted 2008 para 9–16, and endorsed in Roberts v. The Crown Estate Com......
  • City Developments Ltd v Estate of Syed Allowee bin Ally Aljunied, deceased
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 22 December 2008
    ...(R) 7; [1996] 2 SLR 726 (folld) Fones Christina v Cheong Eng Khoon Roland [2005] 4 SLR (R) 803; [2005] 4 SLR 803 (folld) Hughes v Cork [1994] EGCS 25 (refd) Jubilee Electronics Pte Ltd v Tai Wah Garments and Knitting Factory Pte Ltd [1996] 1 SLR (R) 352; [1996] 2 SLR 39 (folld) Littledale v......
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