Highway
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PP 2009/13
No adverse possession for land subject to public rights of way.
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R (on the application of Smith) v Land Registry
Adverse possession – Application to register title to part of highway – Application cancelled by registrar on ground of impossibility of acquiring title over highway by adverse possession – Whether…
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R (on the application of Smith) v Land Registry
Adverse possession – Highway
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R (on the application of Governors of Hockerill College) v Hertfordshire County Council
Public right of way – Special extinguishment order (SEO) – Claimant applying for SEO on footpath crossing school grounds – Defendants resolving not to make order – Claimant applying for…
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The Ramblers’ Association v Coventry City Council
Highway authority – Gating order – Variation – Defendant authority making gating order to reduce persistent crime and anti-social behaviour – Defendants varying order – Whether footpath fulfilling conditions for…
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Hertfordshire County Council v National Grid Gas plc; National Grid Gas plc v Hertfordshire County Council
Statutory duty – Breach – Defendant utility provider replacing gas main – Street being reinstated following execution of works – Claimant council laying informations against defendant alleging breaches of statutory…
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Bexley London Borough Council v Maison Maurice Ltd
Highway — Right of access — New highway built across defendant’s vehicular access route — Council purporting to reserve ransom strip along side of highway — Defendant stopping up existing…
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R (on the application of Thould and others) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Definitive map — Modification order — Public right of way shown over land — Evidence that map wrongly indicating right of way over claimants’ land — Council modifying map by…
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PP 2006/10
When property is compulsorily purchased by, for example, a local authority acting in their capacity as a highway authority, the owner receives compensation.
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Fountain & Colonnade Management Ltd v Westminster City Council
Repairing agreement — Claim for contribution to cost of repairs — Whether judge correct in finding repairs to items enjoyed in connection with highway — Whether repairs or improvements –…