Railtrack plc v Hutchinson and others

Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[1998] All ER (D) 747
Court:	Chancery Division
Judge:	Peter Whiteman QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court
Representation	Sara Benbow (instructed by Thomas Eggar Church Adams) for the plaintiff.
	Anthony de Freitas (instructed by Kingsley Napley) for the defendants.
Judgment Dates:	17 December 1998

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Limitation of action - Land - Adverse possession - Whether defendant acquiring rights over land by virtue of his alleged enclosure and use of land - .

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