Housden and Another v. Conservators of Wimbledon and Putney Commons – Times Law Reports

Posted June 4th, 2007 in easements, law reports by sally

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Housden and Another v. Conservators of Wimbledon and Putney Commons

Chancery Division

“A prescriptive right based on 40 years of use could not be acquired under section 2 of the Prescription Act 1832 where the servient owners had powers derived from a statute that rendered it unlawful for them to grant the right claimed.”

The Times, 4th June 2007

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