Abstract

The New Shorter Oxford Dictionary defines heresy as an opinion or doctrine contrary to the accepted doctrine of any subject. In Pye v. Graham [2002] 3 W.L.R. 221 the House of Lords robustly confirmed the orthodoxy relating to adverse possession and discounted discordant voices as heretical. There is probably general relief that no fireworks have disturbed the established law in its twilight years, but for this writer there is some regret over a wasted opportunity. Yet again in an adverse possession case, a result has been reached that caused some of the judges misgivings about the fairness of the outcome, but there was no serious attempt to try to address this by subjecting the whole area to a fresh scrutiny and considering whether there was any merit in heretical views.

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