Legal Ink

Last week, we learned that where a person has been in adverse possession of a land for a period of more than 12 years to the knowledge of the owner, the owner is unlikely to succeed in asserting his or her rights of ownership over the land.

However, there are some situations where a trespasser would not be held to be in adverse possession despite being in possession of the land for more than 12 years.

We will look at these situations this week on .

Last week, we outlined the practical requirements for registering an interest in respect of land other than state or stool land. This week’s outlines the practical requirements for registering an interest in respect of state or stool/skin land.