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The Newhaven case in the Court of Appeal (by Paul Wilmshurst)
The Court of Appeal has recently handed down judgement in the interesting case of Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd, R (on the application of) v East Sussex County Council & Anor [2013] … Continue reading
Registering town and village greens: the biggest cases of 2012 (by Paul Wilmshurst)
2012 saw a significant throughput of litigation in relation to town and village greens. Writing in the Local Government Lawyer Paul Wilmshurst analyses the key rulings and looks ahead to … Continue reading
The Betterment and Paddico cases (by Vivian Chapman QC)
[1] The Court of Appeal has recently delivered judgment in two village green cases which were heard together: Taylor v Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Limited [2012] EWCA Civ 250 and Adamson … Continue reading
Barkas and Piper Land – two recent village green cases (by Vivian Chapman QC)
[1] Two interesting new village green cases have just been decided. Oral judgment in each case was delivered on 20th December 2011 and official transcripts have just become available. The … Continue reading
Do village green applications stand less chance of success after the Court of Appeal’s judgement in Barkas? (By Paul Wilmshurst)
The Court of Appeal have handed down judgement in yet another important village green case: Barkas v North Yorkshire County Council [2012] EWCA Civ 1373 (23 October 2012) In late … Continue reading
Bristol Football Stadium Village Green (by Paul Wilmshurst)
The Local Government Lawyer has reported HERE that the High Court has allowed a Judicial Review to proceed concerning an application to register as a TVG land wanted for the new … Continue reading
The Newhaven Case (by Vivian Chapman QC)
[1] The recent decision of the Administrative Court in Newhaven Port and Properties Limited v East Sussex County Council [2012] EWHC 647 (Admin) raises a host of interesting and important points about … Continue reading
Barkas In The High Court – User “As Of Right” And The Housing Acts (By Paul Wilmshurst)
**UPDATE: SEE ARTICLE ON BARKAS IN THE COURT OF APPEAL HERE Just before Christmas Mr Justice Langstaff handed down an important High Court judgement in the long running saga concerning … Continue reading
Piper Land challenges – de-registering greens (by Paul Wilmshurst)
The heavy burden on commons registration authorities to correctly determine applications to register new town or village greens has been emphasised again in the High Court’s judgement in Piper Land … Continue reading
Paddico in the High Court (by Paul Wilmshurst)
To see commentary on this case please see: ‘The Paddico case in the High Court’, Rights of Way Law Review, 2011, Oct(15.3), 195-2012
