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Powell v McFarlane

(1979) 38 P & CR 452
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court (Chancery Division) (England and Wales)
Year1977
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

To establish adverse possession a claimant must prove both factual possession (a sufficient degree of exclusive physical control) and the intention to possess (animus possidendi), to the exclusion of all others including the paper owner.

Area of Law

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