I have a small piece of untitled land attached to my

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1. for the avoidance of doubt, when you refer to the land is untitled, may I confirm you refer here to the land not been registered at the land registry please?
2. have you incorporated the land into your property such as by erecting boundary structures and the like?

thank you. to be clear, you have maintained the land but have you actually enclose the land in some way so as to restrict access to others?

I'm following up on the above. Without some further information from you as above, I am limited in what I can say on the matter but in the hope it is helpful nonetheless, I will provide you with the following broad answer. If you are able to kindly provide me with the above further information or if you have any further questions generally, I will be delighted to expand on the following - please just reply back to me in this case:

Notwithstanding the above, in general terms in order to claim adverse possession of the land, you will need to show that you have possessed the land and not just maintained it. There is no single approach to demonstrate possession but generally, in order to share possession, you must be able to show that you have sought to exclude others from the land and demonstrate a degree of control in respect of the land. One of the simplest ways to demonstrate this is by erecting boundary structures of some description in order to make it evident that the land belongs to you.

If you've done this and you can show that you have been in possession of the land for 12 years or more in this regard, and the land is not registered, then you could make an application for adverse possession in respect of the land at the land registry. if by contrast you have only maintained the land without seeking to possess it as discussed above, then it is unlikely such an application would succeed but if the land is unregistered, there is nothing that would prevent you in principle from seeking to possess the land in the above way and 12 years later for unregistered land, you could seek to make an adverse possession claim in respect of the land at that time

I hope the above is of some assistance but if you have any further questions, please revert to me.

I trust the above was of assistance and that you do not have any follow up questions for now. If there is anything else I can help with please reply back to me though.