I looked through all the evidence photos. Any that show the other areas of the garden, she's annotated saying the fence was removed. I think I can catch her out with dates though. She's not very good at consistency.
Yes, I'm UK.
Ah, I'm a tough old bird. And I firmly believe that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to stand by and do nothing. I'll fight them to my last breath if I have to.
Really good question. The fence rotted away and the previous owners didn't replace it (too long a story as to why) so I can only comment from old photographs.
But no, it didn't The fence only ran along that particular boundary. Along the rest of their property (which abuts a road), they only...
Yardmom, you are absolutely BANG ON.
That is the whole point. The chickens escaping and wandering over our land cannot be used as adverse possession and they'd be idiots to suggest that.
However, if they claim it was put in solely as a stock fence when it isn't a stock fence and would serve no...
OH WOW!!!
Thank you SO much. And that's great on the Educator badges, that's definitely something you should reference.
I'm truly grateful, thank you. I'll start a conversation and yes, Word is fine.
GGx
21hens-incharge: it is ridiculous. Some of their claims are even logistically impossible on the ground. It doesn't stop them screwing shut our garden gates, digging up our garden path, or coming around to threaten us.
I feel your neighbours' pain, I really do.
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE (TO SAVE...
I wish that were the case here in the UK. We know the precise location of the fence (its post is still there). Our problem is they're trying to claim they owned all the stuff on the other side of it fifty years ago!
Hi 21hens-incharge, isn't that the point as well? That fences aren't just to keep chickens in but predators out?
If they still had chickens next door, my dogs would be going nuts. And my boy may be getting on in years now, but in his youth, he could have flown over that fence.
Of course, once...
We've had three RICS Chartered Land Surveyor land surveys. They've discredited the surveyors, claimed they were not independently appointed and their findings biased in our favour. Honestly, these people will stop at nothing, even lie in court.
In the UK, the history of our properties is so...
Hi and thanks so much to everyone who's responded so far.
Penpal: Believe it or not, they are attempting to claim Adverse Possession with chickens! We can't deny their chickens might have wandered onto our land in the nineties (after the fence degraded) but if that constitutes Adverse...
Hi Backyard Chicken members!
I'm involved in a legal case where part of the evidence rests on a claim from the defendant that her father installed a stock fence in front of a hedge to contain his chickens. We're looking for an expert in rearing chickens who can provide a statement as to the...
Maybe I worry too much about being accurate! But man, readers tear you a new one if you get anything wrong. They expect us to be experts in absolutely everything from clinical psychology to brain surgery to dispatching chickens!!