RE: RNS25 Jul 2022 14:40
Doesn't look like a big problem to me.
Like others say, is the affected land significant anyway? Just how important is it to the project? Is there a practical cost effective work around solution? It would be helpful to know what land we're talking about.
SAV were presumably advised by their lawyers at the time of purchase of any shortcomings in the land title, and maybe insured against title being challenged? We assume if the Baldios legal action succeeds, there's redress against the sellers, the Land registry or such insurances.
In the UK land registration system, there's various classes of title, "absolute" being the best, state guaranteed basically. It sounds like the affected land is the Portuguese equivalent of the UK's "qualified" or "possessory" title, and as such challengeable. SAV will doubtless have known all this, and be happy it's not important land, or at least insured it if it is.
Does anyone know how the Portuguese system works?