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LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEBINAR
23rd February 2026
ADVERSE POSSESSION AND OTHER BOUNDARY ISSUES: FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES
This is a topic which affects all areas of property law and a knowledge is essential to all local authority property law professionals. In particular, there have been several important recent cases in this area.
Topic covered include:
• The meaning of adverse possession;
• Factual possession;
• Intention to possess;
• Adverse possession in registered land and the Supreme Court case of Brown v Ridley (2025);
• Who must adversely possess the land;
• Recent case law on adverse possession;
• Boundary issues following Clapham v Narga (2024); and
• Boundary agreements following White v Alder (2025).

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