Retirement village owner uses squatters’ rights in court bid to claim Sydney property

Australian Retirement Holdings launched legal action in a bid to stop a woman taking possession of her deceased grandparents' land

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The operator of a private retirement village attempted to stop a woman taking possession of her deceased grandparents' land on the fringes of Sydney, claiming it as their own using squatters' rights.

Australian Retirement Holdings were using the block of land, owned by Monica Pritchard and her husband, Arthur Pritchard, until their deaths in 1990, as part of construction of a multimillion-dollar development past Campbelltown in south-western Sydney.