"DEFENDING AN ENGLISHMAN'S CASTLE” CAN I SELL MY HOUSE BUT CONTINUE LIVING IN IT? THE NORTH-EAST PROPERTY BUYERS LITIGATION

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Robert Pearce

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The maxim “an Englishman’s home is his castle” has its roots in Magna Carta. English land law has developed from a feudal system which emphasised the authority of the lord: in times long ago most occupiers of land were beholden in some way to their lord for their rights to the land, being obliged to give services in return for their landholding, and to demonstrate loyalty or fealty to their lord. The lords themselves had similar obligations to their lords, and ultimately to the King. Hence, it used to be said that all land in England was held directly or indirectly from the Crown.

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