Adverse Possession: First Supplement to the Second Edition

Stephen Jourdan and Oliver Radley-Gardner are both barristers at Falcon Chambers.

• Chapter 1 Definitions and overview Chapter 2 Historical introduction and proposals for reform Chapter 3 Interpretation, policy and human rights Chapter 4 Title to land Chapter 5 The significance of adverse possession, discontinuance and dispossession Chapter 6 The requirement that possession must be ‘adverse’ and continuous Chapter 7 The meaning of ‘possession’ Chapter 8 The factual element of possession Chapter 9 The mental element of possession — the intention to possess Chapter 10 The extent of possession: when possession of part of the surface will be treated as possession of whole Chapter 11 The extent of possession: mines and minerals Chapter 12 Possession of specific types of land Chapter 13 Whether specific uses of land constitute possession Chapter 14 How long must time run for? Chapter 15 What will stop time running? Chapter 16 Extension of time by acknowledgement or payment Chapter 20 Unregistered title Chapter 21 Registered title — Part 1 Chapter 22 Registered title — Part 2 Chapter 23 Easements, profits and other rights Chapter 24 Leases Chapter 25 Encroachments Chapter 29 Co-ownership Chapter 33 Boundaries Chapter 35 Licences and tenancies at will