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Legal Disputes

Aerial photos are the ultimate in photographic evidence. Each photo captures a specific place at a specific time. These photos reveal such features as boundaries, buildings, rights of way and land cover.

Bluesky are able to source and supply aerial photos of the UK, dating from 1917 right up to current day through OldAerialPhotos.com, with access to millions of historical aerial photos.

Our experts are able to analyse and provide interpretation of these aerial photos to determine features such as the position of a wall, the route of foot path, how many trees were in an area of land or what a particular piece of land was used for many years ago.

Bluesky will provide you with a written report which can be used as evidence in your boundary dispute, land dispute or other legal dispute, and can also authenticate photos and provide statutory declarations and affidavits to assist with your court action.

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Legal Disputes

Land is a limited resource on this planet. Once allocated it is very difficult, if not impossible, to find new land. Land is split into areas which allow the owner access and exclude others without express permission and is done in the form of a legal boundary.

A boundary is essentially a conceptual entity and may appear in the form of a bank, a hedge, a wall or fence or even a discontinuation in the terrain. These 'features' make up a theoretical boundary that can be mapped, surveyed and documented in a legal manner.

In modern times, chartered surveyors will specify a legal boundary which is supported by accurate documentation and stored within land registry archive. However, for older properties, the boundary may not be correctly mapped or may not even be mapped at all. It is also the case that fences and hedgerows can be moved to alter a land boundary.

In these cases it can be very difficult to prove the original position of a boundary at a specific point in time. Historical aerial photography plays an important role in establishing this information in a definitive way. Being a photograph, it is a static record of time that can therefore be submitted as evidence in a court of law.