Your neighbour may become not so neighbourly when the boundaries of your properties have not been clearly established. Building an extension to your kitchen, or adding ornamental shrubs in your backyard may cause your neighbour to come over to your place claiming that your construction or gardening is encroaching upon their property. Your neighbour might be referring to a portion of land which you have always believed to be yours.
Boundaries
How boundaries are fixed
- By agreement between the owners of two contiguous lands
- By Statute
- By Legal Presumption
Legal and Technical Interpretation of Title Deeds
Other possible proof of boundaries – the following, among others, may also prove boundaries, if not established clearly in your deeds:
- Particulars of Sale at an auction
- Replies to pre-contract inquiries
- Maps
- Photographs
- Witness statements, where the witness may be a previous owner of the property or previous occupant
Alternative Resolution for Boundary Disputes
- Expert Determination – Here, the matter is placed entirely in the hands of one acknowledged by the parties as an expert. Upon such acknowledgment, the parties shall agree that the expert’s decision on their issue will be legally binding. If one party later on changes his mind and considers the expert’s call wrong, there will no redress for that party.
- Mediation – Here, the disputing parties have the opportunity to negotiate a settlement that would be just and fair. It is beneficial if you employ the services of a property dispute solicitor to aid you work out the negotiation and compromise agreements to your advantage. For as long as they are not illegal, compromise agreements can be tailor-fitted even to mere whims of the parties. If the case is before a court, the latitude to grant just any arrangement would not be as extensive.
Land Registration Division of the Property Chamber
A boundary dispute may also be taken to the Land Registration Division of the Property Chamber. The proceeding here is less formal, and lawyers are not allowed before the chamber. Disputing parties will have to represent themselves and present their case witnesses themselves. However, there is no prohibition to hire property dispute solicitors to guide you externally.
When Boundary Dispute Leads to Litigation
But, while litigation is costly and time consuming, it is considered the most authoritative way of settling a boundary dispute.
Exact Line of Boundary
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