A first for Australian law
Sydney solicitor Greg Walsh, who acted for all three accused, said the case broke new legal ground. “As far as I understand, this is the first time in Australia’s jurisprudence that the criminal law has been invoked to deal with adverse possession,” he said. He described his clients as people whose lives had been effectively destroyed by the proceedings, and characterised adverse possession as “a very complex matter.”
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