[stableowner]

I wonder if anyone could advise, I have two adjacent properties one residential , one commercial.
Before I married the ex had given verbal permission for a neighbour to dig a tranch to run electric and water to his fields, next to the commercial and. After a divorce settlement and the property became mine solely, I wanted to know exaclty where the cables were laid because of refurbishment. The neigbour did not supply a map as requested but instead sent me a UN1 via the land registry to register the cables on my deeds. The evidence given was a handwritten note by my ex, dated during the time that the land was joint and severall, but not signed by me. I appealled the land registry decision to grant the easement but lost. My question therefore is it correct that a easement can be granted after the land has been sold and searches did not show up any such easments prior to the land being transferred.