My uncle promised me the farm but didn't leave a will. What can I do?

Where a person has had a reasonable expectation they would inherit land they may make an application to have the promise fulfilled

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Dear Stephen,

Since I was a child, my uncle has always promised me he would leave his farm to me. Because of this, I spent my teenage and adult years working on the farm to help build it into a successful business. My uncle had a son from a previous relationship but he never worked on the farm or lived with him.