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R (Best) v Chief Land Registrar

Hearings

England & Wales

07 May 2014 [2014] EWHC 1370 (Admin); [2016] QB 23; [2015] 3 WLR 1505; [2014] 3 All ER 637; [2014] WLR (D) 211, QBD (Ouseley J)

21 Jan 2015 [2015] EWCA Civ 17; [2016] QB 23; [2015] 3 WLR 1505; [2015] 4 All ER 495; [2015] WLR (D) 20, CA

Subject Matter

LAND REGISTRATION — Registration — Adverse possession — Trespasser applying to be registered as proprietor of premises on basis of ten years’ adverse possession — Occupation of premises becoming criminal offence during period of possession relied on — Whether trespasser entitled to rely on criminal trespass to found claim to adverse possession — Land Registration Act 2002, s 97, Sch 6, para 1 — Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, s 144

[2014] EWHC 1370 (Admin); [2016] QB 23; [2015] 3 WLR 1505; [2014] 3 All ER 637; [2014] WLR (D) 211, QBD

[2015] EWCA Civ 17; [2016] QB 23; [2015] 3 WLR 1505; [2015] 4 All ER 495; [2015] WLR (D) 20, CA

Appellate History

R (Best) v Chief Land Registrar [2014] EWHC 1370 (Admin); [2016] QB 23; [2015] 3 WLR 1505; [2014] 3 All ER 637; [2014] WLR (D) 211, QBD

Decision of Ouseley J affirmed

R (Best) v Chief Land Registrar [2015] EWCA Civ 17; [2016] QB 23; [2015] 3 WLR 1505; [2015] 4 All ER 495; [2015] WLR (D) 20, CA

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Offence of Squatting in a Residential Building - Elements B13.33

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