Unregistered land

ethel1976

We looked after land bordering our right of way for 15 yeas even fencing , a land speculator bought the right of way and within two years bought the strip, sold it on, without declaring our interest in that land, was what he did legal? He knew of our interest and intensional to go for adverse possession

daivid

How did he buy your right of way? If you had a right of way then unless he has gone through a court to have it removed or come to an agreement with you (if it was only you who held the ROW) then it still stands. As for buying the land yes it probably was legal, one can only assume he bought it from the legal owner, then as the legal owner sold it on. You seemed to be playing a long game trying to grab the land for yourself without paying for it and have been caught out, had you tracked down the owner and put in a reasonable offer (as he presumably did) then you could have been the happy owners of said land.

Ectophile

If you never made any attempt to claim that land, then that's your problem.  After 15 years, you could have gone to court and claimed it as yours.

You say he bought the strip and sold it on.  That implies it actually belonged to someone, even if that person was doing nothing with it.  In any case, it will now be recorded with the Land Registry with its new owner, and you will get nowhere with any claim.

Mistral001

So the OP is effectively claiming squatter's rights and various people have not been disclosing to potential buyers the fact that there is a "squatter" on the land .  

I suppose you could try for adverse possession.  It will have to be between you and the new owner.    If the new owner finds out that they have a "squatter" on the land that they did not know about, they will be contacting their solicitor fairly quickly to query the legality of the sale I should imagine.   

grumbler

I think, common sense prevailed and the law was changed at last. AFAIK squatter's rights don't exist any more. One has a right to claim the lend, but the owner gets informed and can simply evict the claimant.

Apodemus

Regardless of actual ownership, I would have thought that the OP’s right of way would be unaffected by any transfer of ownership - if a legal right of way actually existed in the first place.

stragglebod

The OP is not claiming that anything has been done to affect their right of way. But is outraged that someone else has sold something that they own to another person.

bris

They didn't own anything, they were playing the long game and would have tried for adverse possession but they have now missed that boat.

Their ROW is still in place but that has nothing to do with ownership.