A Minimal Approach to Adverse Possession

[2015] 79 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 455-464

14 Pages Posted: 11 Mar 2016 Last revised: 2 Sep 2016

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John Mee

University College Cork

Date Written: July 9, 2015

Abstract

Comments, from an English law perspective, on the Irish High Court judgment in Dooley v Flaherty [2014] IEHC 528 on whether the defendant's period of adverse possession of a dilapidated property, that commenced on the termination of an oral periodic tenancy, had been interrupted by the paper owner's acts in: (1) accessing the roof via a neighbour's attic to effect a repair; (2) arranging for an employee to repair some roof slates; and (3) insuring the property.

Keywords: Land Law, Property Law, Adverse possession, Squatter's Rights, Squatting, Comparative law, Intervening events, Ireland, Life tenants, Limitation periods, law reform

JEL Classification: K0, K1, K10, K11, K12, K19, K2, K20, K29, K3, K30, K39, K4, K40, K41, K42, K49

Suggested Citation

Mee, John, A Minimal Approach to Adverse Possession (July 9, 2015). [2015] 79 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 455-464, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2745360

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