The WLR Daily case summaries
[2018] WLR (D) 731
Court of Appeal
Nasrullah v Rashid
[2018] EWCA Civ 2685
2018 Nov 20; 29
Lewison, King, Peter Jackson LJJ
Limitation of action— Land, recovery of— Possessory title— True owner of land deprived of title by forged documents— New registered proprietor complicit in fraud and occupying land without true owner’s consent— Twenty years later true owner seeking rectification of register— Registered proprietor claiming adverse possession— Whether registered owner capable of being in adverse possession — Whether rectification claim defeated by adverse possession claim—
Land Registration Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo 5, c 21), s 75
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Limitation Act 1980 (c 58), s 15, para 8, Sch 1
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Land Registration Act 2002 (c 9), para 18(1), Sch 12