Research Articles for Hedge & Ditch Boundaries
High Court Ruling 1810
The most familiar of all boundary presumptions is the hedge and ditch rule, made famous by the High Court ruling of Laurence, J in the case of Vowles v Miller (1810), who said, during his summing up of the case, "No man, making a ditch, can cut into his neighbour's soil, but usually he cuts it to the very extremity of his own land: he is of course bound to throw the soil which he digs out, upon his own land; and often, if he likes it, he plants a hedge on top of it."
Article Sub-Index
The articles relate to rebuttable Boundary Wall Presumptions that can often be relied upon where there is no evidence to the contrary, such evidence usually appearing in the Land Registry documents.
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Apple Books
House and Garden Boundaries
The author of the book, House and Garden Boundaries, has more than 25 years experience in the field. The Book is more than 200 pages long, and deals with all aspects of boundary identification. it is fully illustrated and descriptive of all types of boundaries, including ditches & hedges, trees, hedgerows, fences, fence-wall boundaries, non-tidal rivers, non-tidal river islands and streams. The book demonstrates how to find details of express and implied boundaries from the Title Register, Title Plan, Lease, Lease Plan, Conveyancing Deeds, and deed Plans. In addition, there are details of boundary presumptions and boundary fence protocols, all of which are fully illustrated. There is a template for an Informal Boundary Agreement, which can be adapted to each reader's needs. Finally, actual examples of case studies occupy the substantial final chapter of the book.
