Key factors of acquiring land through the legal process However, for an adverse possession claim to be successful, the claimant must meet several key factors. The claimant must use the land for at ...

A squatter is a person who occupies an abandoned or unoccupied property without the legal right to do so. Squatters may move into a property for a variety of reasons, such as to find shelter, to avoid ...

This, according to land law is referred to as adverse possession. There are property owners who have benefited from this legal provision and have acquired large tracts of land. Registered owners ...

Ms Abraham, a self described “activist for children’s and animal rights” who owns a $7 million mansion in Queensland, sought to exercise a legal right to take adverse possession of the homes.