LAND LAW- EASEMENT (PROBLEM QUESTION AND ANSWER) LATEST 2023 WITH ANSWERS

Farmer Leonard comes to see you for advice: 1. (i) Farmer Leonard has owned the freehold estate in a piece of land, Redacres, for many years. Tony has rented a small cottage on this land for the past two years. The cottage has an access road to the main highway but it is uneven and unlit and so Farmer Leonard has always allowed Tony to use the farm’s main driveway instead as it is in far better condition. Two months ago, Tony purchased the freehold of the cottage from Farmer Leonard. Since then, however, the two men have fallen out and Farmer Leonard is now refusing to allow Tony to use the farm’s driveway. Tony is becoming very abusive and threatening legal action. 2. (ii) Farmer Leonard is also very concerned because he has discovered that Tony is applying for planning permission to allow him to extend the cottage substantially which Farmer Leonard fears will block light entering Farmer Leonard’s garden, workshop and bathroom. Farmer Leonard also fears the extension will ruin his lovely view over neighbouring fields and impair his mobile phone signal. 3. (iii) Farmer Leonard is also very angry as he has been storing some heavy pieces of farm equipment on a strip of land that lies just outside his farm’s boundary for as long as he can remember. No one had ever questioned this. However, last week Farmer Leonard received a letter from a person claiming to be the owner of this land threatening to tak