Williams v James
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1865 |
| Year | 1865 |
| Court | Court of Common Pleas |
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40 cases
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British Railways Board v Glass
...in the burden of the prescriptive right as was a legitimate subject of complaint by the plaintiffs. The leading case on this subject is Williams v. James (Law Reports, 2 Common Fleas, p. 577). The head note reads: "The defendant being entitled by immemorial user to a right of way over the p......
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Peter Bramwell and Others v Peter Robinson
...Western Railway (1879) 5 Ex D 254 at 258; Mills v Silver [1991] Ch 271]. 3. The authorities on rights of way, from the leading case of Williams v James (1867) LR 2 CP 577 onwards, establish that the right impliedly granted or prescriptively acquired is a right for all purposes according to ......
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Cargill v Gotts
...the nature of the right asserted or the easement acquired. The principle in relation to prescriptive rights of way was enunciated in Williams v. James (1867) LH 2CP 311 at 580 and applied in RPC Holdings Limited v. Rogers (1953) 1 AER 1029. The principle is that "when a right of way to a pi......
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Scope of Enjoyment of Easements and Profits à Prendre
...Homes Ltd [2001] Ch 379 at 388H, per Neuberger J. iii) The authorities on rights of way, from the leading case of Williams v James (1867) LR 2 CP 577 onwards, establish that the right impliedly granted or prescriptively acquired is a right for all purposes according to the ordinary and reas......