At the council and committee meetings (minutes)
“RIGHT OF WAY FROM GREAT HOUSE FARM TO THE SWISS COTTAGES … there is no justification for the right of way being submitted … no further action.”
1987 · 6 key events, newest first.
At the council meetings (minutes)
“Debenham Tewson, the agents for BP Properties”
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.”
Dillon LJ
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) shared a judgment with BP Properties Ltd with Williams / Buckler family
· Shared a judgment
Court of Appeal shared a judgment: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler: possession of the farmhouse and garden. The appeal was limited to the farmhouse and garden.
See who reacted
👍 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
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The courts
“The appeal was dismissed and possession ordered in six weeks.”
Dillon LJ
“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
“MUSTILL LJ and SIR EDWARD EVELEIGH agreed and did not add anything.”
BP Properties Ltd
“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
William (Billy) Buckler
“I am here to stay and I will fight this to the death.”
👎 · 30 Apr 1988 · to the press · source
(front page)
… at the centre of an ownership wrangle between farmer Mr Bill Buckler and British Petroleum Properties … welcomed with open arms by a local farmer …
Source
South Wales Echo, 6 May 1987, p.1. British Newspaper Archive search-result text only. Legal Wiki EV-0079.
HM Land Registry updated a title with BP Properties Ltd with Williams / Buckler family
· Title updated
HM Land Registry updated title WA231076
WA240304 (the house) merged into WA231076 (the fields) while the appeal was running. Both titles already stood in BP Properties’ name, so no land changed hands.
👍👎BP Properties Ltd and 2 others
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