United Kingdom foreshore and crown landcrown prescriptiondominion province

Attorney General for Canada v Ritchie

Attorney-General for the Dominion of Canada v Ritchie Contracting and Supply Co Ltd [1919] AC 999 (also reported [1919] UKPC 82)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from Canada)

Year1919

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Time does not run against the Crown so as to confer a possessory title by mere prescription where the relevant limitation/Nullum Tempus protections apply, and the Crown may recover possession of foreshore (and mesne profits) against a party who has encroached without lawful title.

Area of Law

General

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