Leigh v Jack
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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110 cases
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Hayward v Chaloner
...plaintiff unless they are "inconsistent with the enjoyment of the soil for the purpose for which he intended to use it", see Leigh v. Jack (1879) 5 Ex. Div. at p. 273 by Lord Justice Brett. The user of this little piece as a garden was not inconsistent with the owner's enjoyment. ......
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Beaulane Properties Ltd v Palmer
...lose the land inside the hedge for however long the mistake remained undiscovered. 87 In 1879, the Court of Appeal decided the case of Leigh v. Jack (1879) Ex. D. 264, which in effect reinstated, or came very near to reinstating, the doctrine of adverse possession which had been abolished b......
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Taxonomies of Squatting: Unlawful Occupation in a New Legal Order
...vMcFarlane (1977) 38 P&CR 452 at 472, per Slade LJ; Lambeth LBC vBlackburn (2001) 82P&CR 494 at [19] perClarke LJ.46 LeighvJack (1879) 5 Ex D 264;Wallis’sHoliday Camp vShell-Max [1975] 1 QB 94 (CA ); s ee Pow ell vMcFarlane (1977)38 P&CR 452 for criticism of this principle.Lorna......