Long v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council [1996] 2 All ER 683
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Defendant granted Plaintiff a quarterly tenancy. Defendant ceased paying rent and after a while no further rent was demanded.
After 18 years of paying no rent, Plaintiff claimed he was entitled to the premises through adverse possession.
The court said that the claim couldn’t be struck out.
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