Countryside in UK Law

  • Alexander Darwall v Dartmoor National Park Authority
    • Chancery Division
    • 13 Enero 2023
    Right of access. Law of property act. Land without the consent of the landowner. National park. Wild camp
    ... ... Dartmoor National Park in Devon (‘Dartmoor’) was designated as such in 1951 under section 5 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (“the 1949 Act”). Within it, the Dartmoor Commons (‘the Commons’) are areas of unenclosed moorland which are privately owned, but on ... ...
  • Paul Rushmer v Central Bedfordshire Council
    • Chancery Division
    • 23 Junio 2023
    Public law issues in ordinary private law claims. General principles of interpretation. Common land. Registration authority. Register entry
    ... ... : (a) the public has access to all registered common land for the purposes of open-air recreation by virtue of section 13 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; (b) Part 3 of CA 2006 contains a highly restrictive set of provisions requiring special permission of the ... ...
  • The King on the application of Robert Zachary Cox v Forestry Commission
    • King's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 19 Diciembre 2023
    General duty. Clear felling. Application of policy. Forestry commission. Judicial review
    ... ... Ultra vires as it is in breach of The Wildlife and Countryside Act Schedule 1 as since 2022 it harms pine martens, a protected species and other protected species and “against the terms, if not the spirit” of ... ...
  • Alexander Darwall Diana Darwall v Dartmoor National Park Authority
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 Julio 2023
    Right of access. Purposive interpretation of a particular statutory provision. Wild camping
    ... ... The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (the 1949 Act) ... 8 The long title to the 1949 Act provided that it was an Act to “make provision ... ...
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