Tag: English property law

  • Smaug, Thorin and the Rights to Erebor

    Smaug, Thorin and the Rights to Erebor

    Introduction Erebor raises a surprisingly difficult property law question. In The Hobbit, the Lonely Mountain is first the ancestral home of the Dwarves, then the lair of Smaug, and finally the object of Thorin Oakenshield’s claim to restoration. This article considers that question through adverse possession law. It is a legal commentary exercise: if the…