Bermuda Girl Guide Association has launched legal action against Bermuda High School for Girls to settle a decades-old dispute over who owns the land where their hut is situated.The 101-year-old Guide Association says the school promised 84 years ago that the land, on its campus, was for the Guides. However, the BHS Association has questioned whether it has the authority to convey the property outright to the Girl Guide Association.The unresolved legal issue has delayed renovations at the venue, known as the Lady Asser Hut. The Bermuda Girl Guide Association recently resorted to court action to settle the matter, issuing a writ against BHS dated May 13.In response to inquiries about the writ, filed at the Supreme Court Registry, former Guide Commissioner Denise Giles-Woodhouse issued a joint statement with BHS head Linda Parker explaining: “The Bermuda High School for Girls has been neighbours for more than 80 years with the Bermuda Girl Guides.“In 1927, the Lady Asser Hut property was conveyed by the Hotel Bermudiana Company Limited to The Bermuda High School Association by way of trust to be held for the benefit of the Bermuda Girl Guides Association.“It has always been the Girl Guides’ understanding that BHS would transfer the land to them once the Girl Guides Association was incorporated and had the power to hold land. In 1957, the Bermuda Girl Guides was incorporated by an Act of Parliament which conferred on them the power to hold land.”However, the wording of the terms of the trust and the “restrictive nature of the powers exercisable by the trustee” meant the BHS Association did not believe it had the authority to convey the property outright to the Bermuda Girl Guide Association, according to the statement.“The Girl Guides now want to take full ownership of the property and in order to resolve any uncertain issues of gifting or transferring the property to the Girl Guides, both parties are seeking the court’s approval on the conveyance of the property to the Bermuda Girl Guides Association,” it said.“The purpose of the application is to obtain the court’s approval for the transfer of the property to the Bermuda Girl Guides Association. Both parties are looking forward to a successful resolution to this matter.”No court date has been fixed for the hearing, in which the Girl Guides Association will be represented by Richmond Law Offices and BHS by Conyers Dill and Pearman.