Category: Easements

Are Solar Easements Enforceable?

August 31, 2019 by Simon Offord, Esq.

We previously wrote about view easements, a question we are often asked about.  Notably, many clients believe they should have a right to view, but as Read More > ...

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How to Prevent Losing Property via Adverse Possession or Prescriptive Easement

March 16, 2019 by Simon Offord, Esq.

One of the topics we deal with most often pertaining to neighbor disputes are adverse possession or prescriptive easement claims. These are claims whereby one property Read More > ...

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Committee Offers Hope for Relief from Airplane Noise to Bay Area Residents

May 23, 2016

Beginning in early 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) introduced a new program, NextGen, which rerouted flight paths in the South Bay and Peninsula in an Read More > ...

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Trespasser’s Injury Must be Greatly Disproportionate To the Owner’s Injury to Obtain Equitable Easement

July 24, 2015 by Simon Offord, Esq.

The recent case of Shoen v. Zacarias further analyzed the equitable easement concept and what is required by a trespasser to obtain one. In Shoen, the Read More > ...

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Court Limits Poorly Drafted Easement to Historical Use

January 27, 2014 by Simon Offord, Esq.

The recent case of Rye v. Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal Co., Inc. affirms the long-standing principle in easement law that an express easement over a general Read More > ...

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Can I Have My Neighbor’s Land?

March 24, 2014 by Simon Offord, Esq.

As the economy has improved we have seen a steady increase in fence and boundary disputes.  This is an increasingly common issue because when owners remodel Read More > ...

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Neighbor Law – How Are Easements Extinguished?

September 23, 2013 by Peter N. Brewer, Esq.

The more rural the property, the more likely it is that landowners who share a common boundary will have various rights of way or easements with Read More > ...

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Easement Blogs

March 11, 2013

We’ve had some recent easement inquiries and thought, what better way to give our support network perspective than to share this free highly rated educational blog series? The attorneys at Read More > ...

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How Are Easements Created? Part One

October 8, 2012 by Simon Offord, Esq.

Before discussing how to create an easement, we must understand what an easement is. An easement is a non-possessory interest for the use of real property Read More > ...

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How Are Easements Created? Part Two.

November 13, 2012 by Simon Offord, Esq.

Before discussing how to create an easement, we must understand what an easement is. An easement is a non-possessory interest for the use of real property Read More > ...

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“Equitable Easements in California” or “It’s Ok to Drive Over Your Neighbor’s Land When You’re Landlocked”

August 1, 2011 by Peter N. Brewer, Esq.

Despite modern technology, good maps, title company preliminary reports and computerized indexes at the county recorder’s office, easement issues still arise in case law and in Read More > ...

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