Speakers' Corner

Gary Cowen, Falcon Chambers

Tamsin Cox, Falcon Chambers

Tricia Hemans and Roisin McGlinn consider common arguments raised by borrowers against LPA Receivers.

Caroline Shea QC, Falcon Chambers

The doctrine of adverse possession arises from the Limitation Act 1980.  Section 15(1) provides that no action shall be brought by any person to recover any land after the expiration of 12 years from the date on which the right of action accrued.  Sections 1-7 provide that at the expiration of the period of 12 years the title of the paper owner is extinguished.  The claim of a person to a possessory title was therefore based on the negative effect of the extinguishment of the paper owner’s title, and the basic principle that what is required for a case in trespass is not ownership, but possession or a right to possession.

Michelle Caney St Ives Chambers August 2017

This article discusses how a “share” can be severed in a beneficial joint tenancy where one co-owner operates upon his own share without severing the entire beneficial joint tenancy. It considers how a beneficial joint tenancy and a tenancy in common can exist concurrently.

At the Property Litigation Association’s recent annual conference, Jonathan Seitler QC opened up his bag of tricks and shared with a delighted audience his favourite little-used – but hugely useful – provisions, rules and authorities that can be relied on to good effect at trial.

The purpose of this paper is to examine briefly the three most common questions which I am asked assist on in relation to consent to assignment or sub-letting

The Land Registration Act 2002 (“the LRA 2002”) came into force 11 years ago. After 152 years of “the land registration project” over 80% of the land in England and Wales is registered. The Law Commissioner responsible for property projects, Professor Elizabeth Cooke, recently said: "the purpose of title registration is to guarantee title"