A Bill to make provision for the resolution of disputes concerning the location or placement of the boundaries and private rights of way relating to the title of an estate in land; and for connected purposes.
House of Lords
2 May 2017
This Bill sets out a formal process to resolve disputes over where estate boundaries and private rights of way sit on a land title. It deals with disputes connected to the title of an estate and related land-use rights, and aims to provide a clearer, consistent framework for resolving them.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Lords; the next step is the committee stage in the Lords.
Generated 21 February 2026
During second reading of the Bill on 9 December, a wide-ranging discussion took place on issues including the costs of conventional litigation the adversarial nature of disputes.
Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2016-2017 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
