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
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
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