Kuala Lampur, Nov. 16 -- In March this year, I shared the case of a piece of land known as Lot 6, Town Area XXVII, Melaka Tengah District, Melaka State (Lot 6) which has been occupied and administered as a Convent and a school by the Portuguese Mission since 1905.

Despite the historical fact of occupation and use of land, the learned High Court judge said that they were "not in themselves sufficient to establish a legal and beneficial ownership interest in the land.

In Selangor, we have the case of Valiant Plus Sdn Bhd v Persatuan Pengikut Dewa Ching Lim Shi [2018] involving two pieces of land known as Lot 83949 and Lot 83950 located at Pandamaran, Klang.

The Plaintiff was a developer and the proprietor of the two lots. The Defendant w...