{"id":35305,"date":"2021-10-25T09:19:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T20:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=35305"},"modified":"2021-10-25T09:19:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T20:19:48","slug":"family-property-almost-lost-to-a-big-developer-who-claimed-squatters-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/family-property-almost-lost-to-a-big-developer-who-claimed-squatters-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Family property almost lost to a big developer who claimed squatters&#8217; rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHOTO: Squatters&#8217; rights are still regularly raised in some Australian courts although they vary from state to state.\u00a0\u00a0<cite class=\"_3gxdk _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__cite\">(<span class=\"_16znc _3rsys _1cBaI _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Byline\"><span class=\"_3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Text\">Getty: digi_guru\u00a0<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">When 62-year-old Tracey Higgins found herself locked in a legal battle over the ownership of her family&#8217;s four-acre property in Campbelltown, Sydney, she was surprised by who she faced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">It wasn&#8217;t someone who had taken up residence. Instead, it was a retirement village developer.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R _1VIKT\" data-component=\"Pullquote\">\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8220;If it was one man, it would be a lot easier to shake hands over the fence, but it was a big organisation,&#8221; Ms Higgins says.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">The operator of Australian Retirement Holdings was trying to use squatters&#8217; rights \u2014 otherwise known as &#8216;adverse possession&#8217; \u2014 to claim ownership of the property.\u00a0The hearing began on June 7, 2021, in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"_2XhY1 _2X-83 g1U-R _3V6uS\" role=\"group\" data-print=\"inline-media\" aria-labelledby=\"100540254\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100540254\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/6e170a8a44ddfde5a98e1ad4755c8fd5?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=2176&amp;cropW=3264&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=178&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"black and white photo of a young girl on a pony.\" data-component=\"Image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"100540254\" class=\"_1WKJ_ _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\"><em><strong>Tracey Higgins grew up on the property, riding her horse across the gullies.\u00a0<cite class=\"_3gxdk _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__cite\">(<span class=\"_16znc _3rsys _1cBaI _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Byline\"><span class=\"_3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Text\">Supplied: Tracey Higgins<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">The property had been in Ms Higgins&#8217; family for generations, and she had spent a third of her life growing up there, between 1966 and 1985.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;I knew the property well. I was a horse rider\u00a0so I knew all the gullies,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R _1VIKT\" data-component=\"Pullquote\">\n<blockquote class=\"_2Bzft\">\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\"><em><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s a tiny little pocket of land, a bush block with beautiful gum trees.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">After the death of the original owner, Ms Higgins&#8217; grandmother, in 1993, the block was forgotten about by the family and left vacant. Ms Higgins moved to northern NSW.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"_2XhY1 _2X-83 g1U-R _3V6uS\" role=\"group\" data-print=\"inline-media\" aria-labelledby=\"100540208\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100540208\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/64ea2cc05cba2ce6ef3f9533c89a0192?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=2176&amp;cropW=3264&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=272&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Tracey Higgins, aged in her 20s, sits on a paddock fence with her arm around a horse next to her. \" data-component=\"Image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"100540208\" class=\"_1WKJ_ _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\"><em><strong>The property had been in Tracey Higgins&#8217; family for generations.\u00a0<cite class=\"_3gxdk _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__cite\">(<span class=\"_16znc _3rsys _1cBaI _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Byline\"><span class=\"_3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Text\">Supplied: Tracey Higgins<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Then in 2019, she\u00a0learned that the developer was using the land to access its neighbouring construction site, a retirement village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">When Ms Higgins made her objections clear,\u00a0the developer commenced legal action in the New South Wales Supreme Court arguing that the land should be transferred into its name.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_3HiYf _2K_6X _1cBaI _2b-O4 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\">Use it or lose it<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Squatters&#8217; rights, a &#8216;use it or lose it&#8217; legal doctrine, is still regularly raised in Australian courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">The framework varies from state to state in Australia, but in New South Wales, it takes 12 years before the registered proprietors title is extinguished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">During that time, the possessor has to prove that they were not only using the land\u00a0but that they also had exclusive possession of the land.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Catherine Barry, a senior solicitor for McCartney Young Lawyers, helped to<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>represent Ms Higgins in the Supreme Court case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">According to Ms Barry, the company claimed that they had occupied the land many years ago and were entitled to ownership of the property under &#8216;adverse possession&#8217; or &#8216;squatters&#8217; rights&#8217;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"_2XhY1 _2X-83 g1U-R _3V6uS\" role=\"group\" data-print=\"inline-media\" aria-labelledby=\"100551718\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100551718\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/9c29ef8f01530e89d5db6122f6fbb30d?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=879&amp;cropW=1318&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=55&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Earthmovers digging on a property \" data-component=\"Image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"100551718\" class=\"_1WKJ_ _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\"><strong><em>The developers claimed ownership because they said they had occupied the property many years ago.<cite class=\"_3gxdk _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__cite\">(<span class=\"_16znc _3rsys _1cBaI _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Byline\"><span class=\"_3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Text\">Supplied: Tracey 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