THE LAW OF LAND

The law of land

The law of land

According To some people, the law of adverse possession looks like a kind of legalized stealing. Questions arise that shouldn't a legal system be concerned to protect private property rights? And doesn't the law of adverse possession do just the opposite? In JA Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham ([2003] 1 AC 419) Graham had had a license to farm certain land of JA Pye. When the licence expired, the landowner refused to extend it but did nothing to bring Graham's possession to an end. The House of Lords held that Graham ...