Timothy Ellis v London Borough of Lambeth: CA 9 Jul 1999

A squatter claiming possession of land as against a local authority should not have his claim defeated because he had not completed a form which would lead to payment of community charge to the authority. His possession was not thereby made secret, and nor did he represent that nobody was in occupation of the property. The failure to complete the form could not become an estoppel against the claimant.

Judges:

Lord Justice Swinton Thomas Mr Justice Wilson

Citations:

Times 28-Sep-1999, (1999) 32 HLR 596, [1999] EWCA Civ 1807

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedFung Kai Sun v Chang Fui Hing PC 1951
The manager of real property owned by the respondents had fraudulently mortgaged it. Following discovery of their manager’s fraud the respondents had delayed for three weeks before telling the purported mortgagees of the forgery, as a result of . .

Cited by:

CitedMayor and Burgesses of London Borough of Lambeth v George Bigden and Others CA 1-Dec-2000
A block of flats had been occupied over several years by a succession of squatters. The present occupiers appealed an order for possession, and the authority appealed refusal of possession for other flats. The occupiers asserted possessory title. . .
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Land, Limitation

Updated: 30 May 2022; Ref: scu.146722