EV-0641 — Roger J. Smith, Property Law: extract on the 1987 case

Artifact page · Catalogue record added 27 October 2026

Catalogue record

EV ID	EV-0641
Title	Roger J. Smith, Property Law: extract on the 1987 case
Date of document	Edition not shown
Type	legal commentary
Source / publisher	Roger J. Smith, Property Law (publisher and edition not shown in the capture)
Reference	Text extract
Evidence label	SECONDARY SOURCE (CITATION OF EV-0080)
Status	HELD (copy received 27 October 2026); transcript below

Transcript

Book extract, Roger J. Smith, Property Law (page and edition not visible).

If the squatter has deliberately tried to stop the owner from regaining the land, this may be taken as meaning that the squatter has acknowledged the owner's rights. In a 1987 case, BP Properties Ltd v. Buckler, a licence that had been given by the owner to a squatter was held to be valid, even if it was not formally accepted by him. If the owner is the Church of England, the Crown, …

Transcription note: Screen capture of a book preview with the case sentence highlighted. Transcribed in full; the last sentence is cut off in the capture. "Owner" and "squatter" are the author's words.

Destination

Where the original is held: Original: Roger J. Smith, Property Law. Our copy: a screen capture of a book preview held by the family.
On this site: this artifact page, listed in the Evidence Register, and cited from the judgment page EV-0080.
Image: the copy held is not reproduced here; the transcript stands in for it (third-party copyright).

Interpretation

A textbook sentence describing the case as one where a licence given to an occupier was held valid even though it was not formally accepted.

Cites: EV-0080

Cited on

2 pages link here.

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