https://hamlins.com/insight/squatters-rights-a-guide-to-adverse-possession/#:~:text=However, if the land is,fall within a justifying ground.
if I remember correctly, squatters law has been repealed in Singapore but it seems from here that for residential buildings, as opposed to public land, it’s vague
From a friend who practices law in UK, it seems it’s something like you let someone stay in your house beyond a certain number of years and you do not have a lease agreement, beyond that number of years, the person has some rights to your place
What might happen here is that let’s say you cohabit with someone in Singapore in your flat for years. It must be years. Then you separate. You are not married so it’s not a matrimonial home or anything. But by virtue of her staying for years in your place and she is not a tenant with a tenancy agreement, she might have some rights to your place
Of cos maybe no rights at all but I don’t want to be the first person to kenna this in court to find out for sure. But one lawyer told me that all your love letters like “we will stay together in this house forever” or “what I have is yours and what is yours is mine” might actually end up as evidence in court that you promised the house to her even if not married
No guarantees or comments on the verdict la. Just be careful what you message or write even if it’s love letters
