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Encroachment
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SCC Blog
Supreme Court: High Court Cannot Substitute Mandatory Injunction with Compensation When No Such Relief Is Claimed
By Malika Bhola
Supreme Court: In a batch of civil appeals arising from a long-standing property dispute involving alleged encroachment over a common open space and unauthorised construction on a residential wall, a…
SCC Blog
Temple built on encroached Government land not covered under Places of Worship Act: Madras High Court
By Soumya Yadav
Madras High Court: While considering a writ petition under Section 128 of the Tamil Nadu Local Bodies Act, 1998 (‘Act of 1998’), the Division Bench of Dr. G. Jayachandran* and…
India Legal
Land encroachment case: Karnataka High Court stays investigation against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The Karnataka High Court has put a temporary halt on the investigation against spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in connection with an alleged land encroachment case, observing that there…
Land Use Law Blog
An Agency’s Failure to Follow CEQA is Not a Defense to an Enforcement Action to Remove Encroachments
By William W. Abbott, Abbott & Kindermann, Inc.
(Anderson v. County of Santa Barbara (2023) 94 Cal.App.5th 554.) It is not unusual in the non-urban parts of California for a property owner to install landscaping within a county…
California Land Use & Development Law Report
County’s Claimed Failure to Comply with CEQA Was Not a Defense to Enforcement of Encroachment Laws
By Marie Cooper
Property owners who acted illegally by blocking parking on a public street fronting their houses were not entitled to use the County’s alleged noncompliance with CEQA as a defense to…
Land Use Law Blog
Please Join Glen Hansen For His Upcoming Teleconference On Easement/Encroachment/Setback Issues In Title – March 27
Cure Title Problems That May Cause Future Disputes Some of the most common title defects practitioners face each year involve easement, encroachment and setback issues. For more information and to…
The Legal Scoop on Southwest Florida Real Estate
Are Your Neighbor’s Trees Growing On Your Property?
Your neighbors are proud of their beautiful, large fruit trees, which are now growing substantially over your property. The trees have grown so large that a number of branches extend…
Barry C. McGuire
What is an Encroachment?
Focus on Real Estate: Quick Tips. In this video, you’ll find out what an encroachment is, and what types of encroachments there are. If you need an Edmonton real estate…
Legal Secrets
No Duty to Defend Encroachment Action building fence & trimming Trees (Albert v. Mid-Century Ins. (2015) 236 CA4th 1281
The court in Albert v Mid-Century Ins. Co. (2015) 236 CA4th 1281 held that an insurer did not have a duty to defend the homeowner in a suit for encroachment…
Colorado Homeowners Association Law
The Creeping Landscape – Or What’s Mine is Mine, and What’s Yours is Mine Too
We get questions from time to time from associations inquiring about homeowners who have installed improvements around their home, sometimes with association approval, but oftentimes, without. Upon further examination, the…