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He'll have to prove that ownership, and I know a pretty good lawyer :)

Lazare 8y ago
I really, really doubt you know as good a lawyer as the actual owners of that land do. That's sort of the point of the article; the unregistered parcels are owned by the elite.
- fredley 8y ago
  That wasn't what I got from it at all. Most of the patches I recognise were churches or Government buildings, roads etc. These aren't registered simply because they haven't had to be before. These aren't the 'elite', they're just big, old institutions. But yeah, while you could have some 'fun' trying to claim ownership of St John's College, trying to commit fraud in such a way is not advisable.
  - pulisse 8y ago
    > Most of the patches I recognise were churches or Government buildings, roads etc. [...] These aren't the 'elite' "Elite" qualifies the owners, not the property. The Church of England and the crown are most certainly elite entities.
- clort 8y ago
  Also the land registry are pretty good about looking at the facts and making a reasonable decision (though you do have to pay them to come out and look at the situation) A family member of mine did this when the neighbours were being somewhat contentious as the official map data showed a part of her garden to be their land but the land registry people simply remarked the boundary officially on the historical wall.
  - DanBC 8y ago
    But watch out, neighbour disutes about land ownership are well known for being awful and they can run for years, draining the savings of both parties and lowering the value of both properties and causing significant hard feeling.
hkt 8y ago
Genius. At which point it becomes public knowledge. Land as an attack surface.
- FakeComments 8y ago
  I’m pretty sure the courts and police frown on forging documents to commit theft, even if the person you were attempting to steal from eventually prevails in court.
  - hkt 8y ago
    True - you'd have to be pretty keen..

I really, really doubt you know as good a lawyer as the actual owners of that land do. That's sort of the point of the article; the unregistered parcels are owned by the elite.

fredley 8y ago
That wasn't what I got from it at all. Most of the patches I recognise were churches or Government buildings, roads etc. These aren't registered simply because they haven't had to be before. These aren't the 'elite', they're just big, old institutions. But yeah, while you could have some 'fun' trying to claim ownership of St John's College, trying to commit fraud in such a way is not advisable.
- pulisse 8y ago
  > Most of the patches I recognise were churches or Government buildings, roads etc. [...] These aren't the 'elite' "Elite" qualifies the owners, not the property. The Church of England and the crown are most certainly elite entities.
clort 8y ago
Also the land registry are pretty good about looking at the facts and making a reasonable decision (though you do have to pay them to come out and look at the situation) A family member of mine did this when the neighbours were being somewhat contentious as the official map data showed a part of her garden to be their land but the land registry people simply remarked the boundary officially on the historical wall.
- DanBC 8y ago
  But watch out, neighbour disutes about land ownership are well known for being awful and they can run for years, draining the savings of both parties and lowering the value of both properties and causing significant hard feeling.

hkt 8y ago

Genius. At which point it becomes public knowledge. Land as an attack surface.

FakeComments 8y ago
I’m pretty sure the courts and police frown on forging documents to commit theft, even if the person you were attempting to steal from eventually prevails in court.
- hkt 8y ago
  True - you'd have to be pretty keen..