Acquiring Easements by Prescription - Exploring Requirements & Defences

Introduction

This virtual classroom seminar will explore the inter-play between the three methods of acquiring an easement by prescription (common law, lost modern grant and the Prescription Act 1832), the time during which the right must have been enjoyed and the quality of enjoyment which is required.

It will also address common defences to claims for prescriptive rights including that the enjoyment of the right was under protest or by licence or consent.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• What is required for a prescriptive easement?
• How such a right can bind a successor to the servient tenement
• Common defences to a claim to a prescriptive easement
• The nature of the right which is acquired
• Specific hints and tips about rights of way

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.