Legal Insights — EN
What Action Can I Bring Against Someone Using My Property Without Permission?
For unauthorised use, first determine whether the other party is a tenant, co-owner or third party. Prevention of interference and monetary claims serve different purposes.
Object crossing a brass boundary, stone land fragment and evidence tray

Title Cancellation and Registration

Title Cancellation and Registration

Prepared by: Constantinople

If someone interferes with your property without permission, prevention of interference based on ownership may be considered. First establish whether they are a tenant, co-owner or contractual user. Terminating a tenancy and stopping unlawful interference are not interchangeable actions. Holding title does not remove the need to examine the other party's legal basis.

Describe the interference specifically: crossing a boundary, blocking passage, preventing entry or using land for storage require different evidence. Parcel details, photographs, agreements and correspondence may be prepared. Cadastral and survey data matter in a boundary dispute. An area marked on a photograph must also be verified against its registered location.

For ongoing construction or rapidly changing use, evidence preservation and provisional protection are assessed separately. Payment for past use has different requirements; a request to stop interference does not automatically include every loss. Neighbour or co-ownership relations may change the pre-litigation process. This distinction must precede drafting the pleading.

In a paid initial review, we explain the basis of the right, the source of interference and possible remedies in writing. Document retrieval, on-site recording and representation for an owner abroad are planned together. Preserving evidence instead of independently changing locks or dismantling structures matters in preventing further disputes between the parties.

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