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Handy Cross Dev Co Ltd v. Vanni Properties Ltd

[2026] EWHC 266 (Ch)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Chancery Division (Sir Anthony Mann), on appeal from the County Court at Central London (HHJ Gerald)
Year2026
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

In ascertaining the location of a disputed boundary the court may construe the transfer plan in light of other contemporaneous documents within the same transfer, and post-transfer conduct is admissible under the principle in Ali v Lane only where it evidences the common intention of both parties to the transfer, not a unilateral act of one party.

Area of Law

General

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