During Justice Hanlon’s twenty-three years on the trial court, he adjudicated a number of cases involving claims to real property. He understands the rights and obligations of persons claiming an interest in real property and the contracts which may govern such rights and obligations. He understands the law which governs the rights to an interest in real property. On the Court of Appeal, he has written and participated in several significant cases adjudicating the rights of real property.
Representative Matters
- Arbitrated dispute between tenants in common regarding management of the property
- Arbitrated dispute regarding sale of a 10 year commercial lease with subtenant’s rights
- Arbitrated several disputes arising out of sale of property in San Francisco
- Mediated dispute involving a claim for several hundreds of thousands of dollars over trees creating a “split fence”
- Mediated dispute over the property of the initiation of a non-judicial foreclosure
- Mediated dispute regarding security interest in real property affected by fraudulent or negligently prepared appraisal. Other issues involved a claim of misrepresentation and waste by the borrower/owner of the property
- Mediated dispute regarding the rights and use of a deeded easement by adjacent landowner farmer and community college district with issues involving a claim of trespass and use of a gate over the easement
- Mediated right to significant holdings of real property where mother deeded some property to only one of her sons
