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The Rule of Law

The legal views expressed on this web site are believed to be correct, but whether or not they are, there will often be exceptions and interpretations making them not applicable in certain particular circumstances. Please feel free to query, to add, or to correct: by contacting office2008@badfa.org.uk

"It is the great beauty of the Law that it can dispute any human statement, made under any circumstance..."
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, who had trained as a lawyer.


Contents  (Note: the law here refers to England and Wales only)
1    Ownership of Paths     Surface, 'Spits' & Toilets

2    'Creation' and 'Creation'     Making public paths public

3     Widths  How wide is a path?

4     Link to Gap Gate and Stile, which has some legal content, on this (BADFA) web site.

5     Link to Structures in path orders on this site.

6    
Signposts

7     Maintenance of structures, whose job?

8     Link to 'Hoogstraten' appeal court judgment  Nov 2002

9     The use of Common Law for Abatement

10   Link to Planning Inspectorate

11   The CROW Act 2000     Full text on this site

   
 

 
   

 
 
         
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Abatement