Leigh v Jack

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1879
Date1879
CourtCourt of Appeal
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102 cases
  • Hayward v Chaloner
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 June 1967
    ...out of the 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.......
  • Choo Eng Choon; Tan Beng Siew
    • Malaysia
    • Federal Court (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Wallis's Cayton Bay Holiday Camp Ltd v Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 July 1974
    ...purpose, like growing vegetables. Not even if this temporary or seasonal purpose continues year after year for 12 years, or more: see Light v. Jack (1879) 5 Ex. D.264; Williams Bros, v. Raftery (1958) 1 Q.B. 159; Tecbild Ltd. v. Chamberlin (1969) P. & C.R.633 The reason is notbecause the us......
  • Beaulane Properties Ltd v Palmer
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 23 March 2005
    ...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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1 books & journal articles
  • Taxonomies of Squatting: Unlawful Occupation in a New Legal Order
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 71-6, November 2008
    • 1 November 2008
    ...Powell 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 Fox ......

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