The Court of Appeal heard BP Properties Ltd v Buckler and gave judgment on 31 July 1987 ([1987] EWCA Civ 2).
BP Properties Ltd10 mutual friends
Counsel for BP Properties10 mutual friends
Counsel for the defence10 mutual friends
William (Billy) Buckler10 mutual friends
Williams / Buckler family10 mutual friends
BP Pension Trust9 mutual friends
Dillon LJ9 mutual friends
Mustill LJ9 mutual friends
Sir Edward Eveleigh9 mutual friends
The courts9 mutual friends
Hollis J (High Court)5 mutual friendsNo public statements found yet; the record below involves them.
Dillon LJ, giving judgment:
“This appeal, by the defendant in the action against a decision of Hollis J given on July 24 1986 when he was sitting as a judge of the Queen's Bench Division in Cardiff, raises a novel question of some potential importance under the provisions of the Limitation Acts 1939 and 1980 in relation to the acquisition of title to land by adverse possession.”
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler: possession of the farmhouse and garden. The appeal was limited to the farmhouse and garden.
👍 6 BP Properties Ltd, Counsel for BP Properties, Dillon LJ, Mustill LJ, Sir Edward Eveleigh, BP Pension Trust
👎 3 Williams / Buckler family, William (Billy) Buckler, Counsel for the defence
“The appeal was dismissed and possession ordered in six weeks.”
“I can see no escape therefore from the conclusion that, whether she liked it or not, from the time of her receipt of the letters, Mrs Buckler was in possession of the farmhouse and garden by the licence of BP Properties Ltd, and her possession was no longer adverse within the meaning of section 10 of the 1939 Act. Accordingly I would dismiss this appeal.”
“MUSTILL LJ and SIR EDWARD EVELEIGH agreed and did not add anything.”
“When Mrs Buckler died in 1983 it became clear her son was not going to leave”
👍 · 30 Apr 1988 · A BP spokesman in London, to the press · source“I am here to stay and I will fight this to the death.”
👎 · 30 Apr 1988 · to the press · sourceThe Court of Appeal recites the judgment of Hollis J in the possession action begun by writ on 22 May 1984, and gave its own judgment in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 the following year.
👍 2 BP Properties Ltd, Counsel for BP Properties
👎 3 Williams / Buckler family, William (Billy) Buckler, Counsel for the defence
“Mr [Justice] Hollis gave Mr Bill Buckler[’s] family six [weeks] to vacate Great [House] Farm Llandough after ruling [a] 10-acre block [belonged] to British Petroleum Properties Ltd”
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (Court of Appeal); European Commission of Human Rights, decision as to admissibility.
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