The Irish law on adverse possession: the case for a qualified veto system

Adverse possessors who enter possession pursuant to an informal or a defective title, or adverse possessors of boundary land which they believe to be their own, would be entitled to be registered as owners, regardless of an objection by the owner. In<br>formulating these exceptions, the thesis examines the modern role played by adverse possessions in resolving different types of land law disputes, its suitability as a remedy and, where appropriate, the challenges involved in introducing a qualification to the veto system.

The introduction of a veto system of adverse possession would also permit abandoned land to be brought back onto the market. While the thesis is devoted primarily to an examination of the Irish law in this area, it also engages in a comparative analysis of discrete aspects of the law in a number of other common law jurisdictions, namely England and Wales, Canada, Australia and the United States<br><br>