A Shropshire agricultural lawyer has warned the county’s farmers and landowners to check Land Registry documents to ensure “every inch” of their land is legally registered.
The alert has come from Hannah Taylor, a senior associate at law firm mfg Solicitors, who has spoken out following a growth in ‘adverse possession’ cases – which can see a person without a legal land title becoming the owner by being in possession of the land in excess of 10 to 12 years.
Ms Taylor said: “Many farmers and landowners here in Shropshire own hundreds of acres of land and some have lost small sections of that land due to adverse possession laws, also commonly known as ‘squatters rights’.
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