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A HIGH Court judge has suggested that the covid19 pandemic be recognised as having suspended the running of limitation periods for adverse possession claims, due to the inaccessibility of the courts during that time.

Justice Westmin James made the remarks in a ruling on a land dispute on April 8.

He opined that the pandemic’s effects on court accessibility should have suspended limitation periods – a principle not recognised under the current Real Property Limitation Act, but which, he suggested, merits legislative attention.