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- W2093722300 abstract "It is, of course, well established in English law that a person who wrongfully acquires possession of an item of physical property, whether land or a chattel, acquires a title which is good against all but a person who can prove a better title.1 However, until the decision of the Court of Appeal in Costello v Chief Constable of Derbyshire Constabulary,2 it was uncertain whether that general proposition applied to a person who acquired possession by theft (or by other criminal means). It need hardly be said that a thief is a most unmeritorious claimant, and it was not difficult to find statements denying, or doubting, that a thief would acquire a defensible title. For example, Professor Michael Bridge, writing in 1993,3 stated: 'It is predictable, however, that a court will invoke public policy to reject the [possessor's] claim where the ... claim is manifestly based upon a criminal taking.' There are also some relevant dicta in Parker v British Airways Board,4 the leading modem case on the acquisition of title by finding. The claimant, Mr. Parker, had a ticket entitling him to be in the executive lounge at Heathrow Airport, which was operated by British Airways Board. He found a gold bracelet on the floor of the lounge. He handed the bracelet to an employee of the Board, saying that he wished the bracelet to be returned to him if the true owner was not found. The Board sold the bracelet for ?850. Parker sued, claiming that by finding the bracelet he had acquired a title superior to that of the Board. His claim was successful, because on the facts the Board did not have prior possession of the bracelet; he was awarded ?850 plus interest. The reason why the Board's defence failed was that, being the operators of the executive lounge to which the public had limited rights of access, the Board had not manifested an intention to exercise control over those premises and things that might be found on those premises. Parker therefore had possession and the Board did not have prior possession. Obviously, Parker was a completely honest finder; would the outcome have been different if he had been dishonest? Consider the following dicta of Donaldson LJ:5" @default.
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