Piper and Another v Wakeford and Another: CA 17 Dec 2008

The parties disputed the boundary between their land.
Held: The judge had been entitled to rely on the evidence he had accepted, and had been entitled to find on the factual basis asserted.

Ward LJ, Lloyd LJ, Rimer LJ
[2008] EWCA Civ 1378
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
CitedWatcham v Attorney-General of the East Africa Protectorate PC 1919
The Watchams held land along the bank of the Nairobi River. It had been conveyed to them by the Crown by a certificate under the East African Land Regulations. The certificate gave the area transferred as ’66 3/4 acres, or thereabouts’, but included . .
CitedAli v Lane and Another CA 21-Nov-2006
The parties disputed the boundary between their neighbouring plots of land.
Held: In the modern law the conveyance (parchment or not) is undoubtedly the starting point. Where information contained in the conveyance is unclear or ambiguous, it . .
CitedNeilson v Poole ChD 1969
Significance of Boundary agreements
The parties, neighbours, disputed the boundary between their gardens. In a conveyance of land where the plan is stated to be for identification purposes only, the effect of those words: ‘Seems . . to confine the use of the plan to ascertaining where . .
CitedF L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tools Sales Limited HL 4-Apr-1973
The parties entered an agreement to distribute and sell goods in the UK. They disagreed as to the meaning of a term governing the termination of the distributorship.
Held: The court can not take into account the post-contractual conduct or . .
CitedBradford and Another v James and others CA 18-Jul-2008
Boundary dispute. . .
CitedHaycocks and Another v Neville and Another CA 18-Jan-2007
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CitedClarke and Clarke v O’Keefe and O’Keefe CA 21-Oct-1997
The plaintiff had bought from the vendor a piece of land, bordering a field retained by him. The conveyance plan showed a vegetation boundary with a dotted line, but its precise position on the ground was unclear to them both. Accordingly, they went . .
CitedBeale v Harvey CA 28-Nov-2003
Land had been divided into three lots on its development, but the site plan did not match the line of a fence actually erected.
Held: The court was not bound by the Watcham case, and would not follow it to allow reference to the later . .

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