Building Law Monthly
Relief from forfeiture and possessory rights
In
Vauxhall Motors Ltd (formerly General Motors UK Ltd) v Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd [2019] UKSC 46, [2019] 3 WLR 852, the Supreme Court held that the jurisdiction to grant relief from forfeiture of rights
relating to land did extend to possessory rights and was not confined to proprietary rights in relation to land. The inclusion
of possessory rights within the scope of the jurisdiction was held not to introduce an unacceptable degree of uncertainty
into English law.