REPORT ON TITLE BY ADVERSE POSSESSION OF LAND (LRC 67 - 2002) IRELAND PDF
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__________ REPORT ON TITLE BY ADVERSE POSSESSION OF LAND __________ (LRC 67 - 2002) IRELAND The Law Reform Commission IPC House, 35-39 Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 © Copyright The Law Reform Commission 2002 First Published December 2002 ISSN 1393 - 3132 i i THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION Background The Law Reform Commission is an independent statutory body whose main aim is to keep the law under review and to make practical proposals for its reform. It was established on 20 October 1975, pursuant to section 3 of the Law Reform Commission Act 1975. The Commission’s Second Programme for Law Reform, prepared in consultation with the Attorney General, was approved by the Government and copies were laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas in December 2000. The Commission also works on matters which are referred to it on occasion by the Attorney General under the terms of the Act. To date the Commission has published sixty five Reports containing proposals for reform of the law; eleven Working Papers; nineteen Consultation Papers; a number of specialised Papers for limited circulation; An Examination of the Law of Bail; and twenty three Reports in accordance with section 6 of the 1975 Act. A full list of its publications is contained in Appendix B to this Report. Membership The Law Reform Commission consists of a President, one full-time Commissioner and three part-time Commissioners. The Commissioners at present are: President The Hon Mr Justice Declan Budd High Court Commissioners Patricia T Rickard-Clarke Solicitor Dr Hilary A Delany, Barrister-at-Law Senior Lecturer in Law, Trinity College Dublin ii i Professor Finbarr McAuley Jean Monnet Professor of European Criminal Justice, University College Dublin Marian Shanley Solicitor Secretary John Quirke Research Staff Legal Researchers Jane McCullough BCL, EMA (Padua), Barrister-at-Law Mairéad O’Dwyer MB, BCh, BAO, BCL, Barrister-at-Law Simon Barr LLB (Hons), BSc Claire Morrissey BCL (Int’l), LLM (K U Leuven) Claire Hamilton LLB (Ling Franc), Barrister- at-Law Patricia Brazil LLB Mark O’Riordan BCL, Barrister-at-Law Philip Perrins LLB, LLM (Cantab), of the Middle Temple, Barrister Darren Lehane BCL, LLM (NUI) Administration Staff Project Manager Pearse Rayel Legal Information Manager Marina Greer BA, H Dip LIS Cataloguer Eithne Boland BA (Hons) H Dip Ed, H Dip LIS iv Higher Clerical Officer Denis McKenna Private Secretary to the President Liam Dargan Clerical Officers Teresa Hickey Gerry Shiel Sharon Kineen Principal Legal Researchers on this Report Síobhán Stack BCL, LLM (NUI), LLM (Cantab), Barrister-at-Law Brónagh Maher BCL, Barrister-at-Law Mark O’Riordan BCL, Barrister-at-Law Contact Details Further information can be obtained from: The Secretary The Law Reform Commission IPC House 35-39 Shelbourne Road Ballsbridge Dublin 4 Telephone (01) 637 7600 Fax No (01) 637 7601 Email [email protected] Website www.lawreform.ie v v i NOTE This Report was prepared on the basis of a reference from the Attorney General dated 6 March 1987, under section 4(2)(c) of the Law Reform Commission Act, 1975. The subject matter of this Report is also included in the Commission’s Second Programme for Law Reform, already referred to, which extends the Commission’s involvement in this area. After extensive research and consultation with practitioners in the field, including members of the Land Law and Conveyancing Law Working Group (described below), the Commission puts forward these proposals for reform. While these recommendations are being considered by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, informed comments or suggestions can be made to the Department, by persons or bodies with special knowledge of the subject. vi i vi ii The Land Law and Conveyancing Law Working Group On the 6th March 1987, the then Attorney General, in pursuance of section 4(2)(c) of the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 requested the Commission to formulate proposals for the reform of the law in a number of areas. Among the topics was, “Conveyancing law and practice in areas where this could lead to savings for house purchasers.” Recognising that a comprehensive review of land law and conveyancing law was not feasible within the limited resources available to it, the Commission established an expert Working Group. Broadly speaking, there are two principal aspects to the work of the expert Group. The first is to concentrate on matters giving rise to unreasonable complication and delays in the completion of conveyancing transactions, and to recommend practical reforms in this regard. Secondly, the Working Group has as its aim the reform, or removal where appropriate, of anomalous or redundant land and conveyancing law rules. Operating under the Commission, the Working Group draws on its expertise to direct the research of the Commission’s staff and to appraise the material which they provide. The current members of the Group, which meets every month or so, are: Commissioner Patricia T Rickard-Clarke (Convenor) George Brady, SC John F Buckley, Solicitor (former Judge of the Circuit Court) Patrick Fagan, Solicitor Ernest Farrell, Solicitor Brian Gallagher, Solicitor Mary Geraldine Miller, Barrister-at-Law Chris Hogan, Land Registry Professor David Gwynn Morgan Deborah Wheeler, Barrister-at-Law Professor JCW Wylie Brónagh Maher was Secretary and Legal Researcher to the Group until September 2002, when she was replaced by Mark O’Riordan. The Law Reform Commission wishes to record its appreciation of the indispensable contribution which the members of this Working Group, past and present, have made and continue to make, on a voluntary basis, to the Commission’s examination of this difficult ix area of the law. Because of the expertise and involvement of the distinguished members of the Group, we feel justified in following our usual practice in the field of land law and publishing our recommendations straightaway as a Report without going through the usual stage of the Consultation Paper. The Commission is most grateful to Margaret O’Driscoll, Barrister- at-Law, who drafted the draft Bill which is appended to this Report. Ms O’Driscoll is a former member of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government. Full responsibility for this Report and draft legislation, however, lies with the Commission. x
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