Adverse Possession - Bucks CC v Moran (1989)
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- Created on: 11-01-20 16:15
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- Bucks CC v Moran [1989]
- Facts
- Council acquired disputed land for future use as part of a road, however had not built the road
- Land adjoined Moran's garden - used the land as an extension of garden
- Moran built a fence
- Excluding the world at large
- Factual Possession
- Only access to land was through Moran's garden or a gate which he had locked
- Moran conceded that he would have been obliged to leave the land if required for the road
- Intention to Possess
- Intention was to exclude the world at large
- By the time the council came to build the road, enough time had lapsed for Moran to own the land
- Intention to own was defeated
- BUT intention to possess the land to the exclusion of all others was not defeated
- Facts
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