Anderson v Alnwick District Council

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date21 December 1993
CourtDivisional Court
Date21 December 1993

Queen's Bench Divisional Court

Before Lord Justice Evans and Mr Justice Macpherson

Anderson
and
Alnwick District Council

Fishing - bait-digging - justified for non-commercial purposes

Bait-digging justified for fishermen

Bait-digging on the foreshore was justified by the public right to fish when the bait was taken by persons who required it in exercise of that right.

The Queen's Bench Divisional Court so stated when allowing the appeal of Anthony Ernest Anderson and quashing the decision of...

Get this document and AI-powered insights with a free trial of vLex and Vincent AI

Get Started for Free

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex
8 cases
  • Barlow v Minister for Agriculture
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 27 October 2016
    ...of nullius in bonis still has relevance, it does not extend to or permit commercial activity, relying on Anderson v. Alnwick DC [1993] 1 W.L.R. 1156 and Alfred F Beckett Ltd. v. Lyons [1967] Ch. 449. The Decision of the High Court 23 In a comprehensive judgment the High Court judge rejecte......
  • Isle of Anglesey and Others v The Welsh Ministers and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 February 2009
    ... ... Between: (1) Isle of Anglesey County Council Appellants (2) The Crown Estate Commissioners and ... ; Corporation of Truro v Rowe [1901] 2 KB 870, 878 Wills J; and Anderson v Alnwick District Council [1993] 1 WLR 1156, 1166–1168. He concluded: ... ...
  • John Henry Loose v Lynn Shellfish Ltd and Others (Defendants/Part 20) Michael George Le Strange Meakin (Claimants Part 20 Defendant)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 18 April 2013
    ...foreshore to exercise the right in cases where ownership of the foreshore is in a third party. (See Anderson v Alnwick District Council [1993] 1 WLR 1156 at 1166; and Crown Estates Commissioners v Roberts [2008] EWHC 1302 (Ch); [2008] 4 All ER 828 at [115]) The private fishery displaces w......
  • Gumana v Northern Territory of Australia
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • 2 March 2007
    ...[2002] 2 AC 115 cited CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd (1997) 187 CLR 384 cited Anderson v Alnwick District Council [1993] 1 WLR 1156 cited O’Neill v Mann (2000) 175 ALR 742 cited Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) 189 CLR 520 cited Lipohar v The Queen (1999) ......
  • Get Started for Free