In Port of London Authority v Ashmore [2009] EWHC 954 (Ch) the Defendant had, since 1983, tethered his sailing barge to Albion Wharf on the Thames close by Battersea Bridge. The Authority wished to register title to the bed of the river Thames but Mr Ashmore opposed this, claiming that, since his barge rested on the river bed twice each day (with the falling of the tide) he had acquired title to it by adverse possession.
The Authority raised two objections to Mr Ashmore’s claim.
First, it was argued that Mr Ashmore did not have and had not had exclusive possession of the river bed because he had “no continuous, … Read the full post
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