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<h1>Boundary Problems - Boundary disputes and private right of way cases in UK.</h1>
<h2>Chartered land surveyor specialising in expert witness reports for boundary
disputes and private right of way cases in UK, with online advice and links
on boundary and other neighbour disputes.</h2>
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<p>There is a growing number of <b><a href="mainabout-jm.htm">jon maynard</a></b>
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advice. This last situation is hardly <b>chartered land surveyor uk, boundary
surveyor uk</b> surprising, given that there are only four chartered land surveyor
firms in England and Wales that specialise exclusively in boundary <b>expert
witness rights of way uk</b> demarcation and disputes.</p>
<p>My own chartered land surveyor practice is <b>jon maynard</b> one of these
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and disputes, and offers an expert witness service. There are about 100 other
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uk</b> that deal <b>expert witness rights of way uk</b> with boundary <b>boundary
disputes expert uk</b> demarcation and disputes (amongst their other work).</p>
<p>The only sure way of knowing who owns the <b>boundary disputes online help
uk</b> physical feature used <b>chartered land surveyor uk, boundary surveyor
uk</b> as a property boundary is if its ownership is stated in your title certificate
or deeds of conveyance. It may be expressed in writing, but it is sometimes
shown <b>expert witness rights of way uk</b> on the plan instead by <b>property
boundary specialist uk</b> a T-mark: this takes the <b>jon maynard</b> form
of a letter "T", repeated around the edge of the property, with the base of
the "T" against the boundary and the whole of the "T" inside <b>expert witness
boundaries uk</b> the property that owns the fence. If neither owner can <b>boundary
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consultant uk</b> tell who owns the fence or is liable for its repair.</p>
<p>The principle that "the tidy side of the fence faces the <b>chartered land
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be relied upon to identify the owner. There is no law that I am aware of that
<b>expert witness boundaries uk</b> says the structural <b>property boundary
specialist uk</b> side of the fence must face the fence's owner. It is <b>boundary
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a <b>property boundary consultant uk</b> fence by establishing the pattern of
fence ownership along the <b>boundary disputes expert uk</b> same side of the
street.</p>
<p>Complications can arise because Ordnance Survey maps use the same line symbol
for a <b>jon maynard</b> wall, fence, hedge, bank or ditch, making it sometimes
difficult to know just what the line represents. Worse, if two linear features
are parallel <b>property boundary specialist uk</b> and very close <b>expert
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show both of them: it is sometimes unclear as to which is shown.</p>
<p>The legal boundary dividing two properties is <b>chartered land surveyor uk,
boundary surveyor uk</b> an invisible line, having no <b>expert witness rights
of way uk</b> thickness, and it is unlikely to be precisely identified either
on the ground or in the deeds or title documents. The physical boundary is a
physical feature, such as a hedge or fence, that may have been intended to follow
the legal boundary, but the precise extent of land <b>expert witness boundaries
uk</b> ownership may not be entirely clear from the <b>boundary disputes expert
uk</b> position of the physical boundary (is it in the middle, or on one side
or the other of the hedge?).</p>
<p>If it is not clearly stated in your deeds or title documents, there is a legal
presumption that where two properties are divided by a hedge and a <b>chartered
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to be on the opposite edge of the ditch from the hedge. This is based on the
principle that the owner would <b>jon maynard</b> have stood on the boundary
<b>property boundary specialist uk</b> facing toward his own land, <b>boundary
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<p>It is possible for a <b>chartered land surveyor uk, boundary surveyor uk</b>
squatter to obtain title by adverse possession if the owner has failed to demonstrate
his ownership of the land for a prescribed <b>jon maynard</b> period (usually
12 years). For <b>property boundary consultant uk</b> example, if your neighbour
takes <b>expert witness boundaries uk</b> possession of part of your land, fences
it off, locks any access <b>boundary disputes online help uk</b> gates (to prevent
you enjoying its use) <b>property boundary specialist uk</b> and "cultivates"
or otherwise <b>boundary disputes expert uk</b> uses it for the prescribed <b>expert
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be able to have the annexed land legally transferred to him.</p>
<p>It is your responsibility as a <b>property boundary consultant uk</b> landowner
to prevent wilful encroachment <b>expert witness boundaries uk</b> upon your
property. If you fail to do so, or fail to <b>expert witness rights of way uk</b>
take action to recover any land <b>jon maynard</b> encroached upon, within the
period prescribed by the Limitation Act then you are in very grave danger of
losing title to the affected land.</p>
<p>Most properties in this <b>boundary disputes online help uk</b> country have
a frontage on the public roads network. Those that don't have direct access
to a public road usually have a private right of way over <b>boundary disputes
expert uk</b> adjoining land. This may give them either vehicular or only pedestrian
<b>chartered land surveyor uk, boundary surveyor uk</b> access.</p>
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