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Is possession 9/10 of the law? - Making a prescriptive claimant application

10/08/2016

In Scotland, if you have been occupying land to which you have no legal title, there is a way to seek to legitimise your occupation and take legal title to that land: it is called a ‘prescriptive claimant’ application. It is born out of the concept of ‘prescription’...

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