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[Article] Squatters' case set to be heard

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  • 12-06-2004 11:48pm
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    Victor
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    In Ireland, adverse possession comes into place after 12 years under the Statute of Limitations.

    http://www.thepost.ie/web/DocumentView/did-98255044-pageUrl--2FThe-Newspaper-2FSundays-Paper-2FNews.asp
    Squatters' case set to be heard
    06/06/04 00:00
    By Kieron Wood

    The European Court of Human Rights will hear arguments on Tuesday about the admissibility of a challenge to the legal principle of adverse possession of land, known as "squatters' rights".


    If the court decides to hear the case, its ruling could impact on Irish law.

    The applicants are two British companies, one of which, JA Pye (Oxford) Land, owns 23 hectares of agricultural land valued at stg»21 million in Berkshire in England.

    The owners of adjoining property, the Grahams, have occupied the land under a grazing agreement, which expired in December 1983.

    From September 1984 until 1999, the Grahams used the land without the company's permission for farming purposes.

    In 1997, the Grahams registered notices at the Land Registry on the grounds of adverse possession.

    The House of Lords upheld a High Court decision that the companies had lost their title to the land.

    The companies complain that they were deprived of their land in breach of Article 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.


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