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River is not a highway

Language: English Subject(s): Summary: "Yorkshire Derwent Trust Ltd & others v Brotherton & others", HL 5 December 1991. In allowing an appeal by the landowners (B), the Lords held that, unlike a path, a river does not become a `highway` under rights of way legislation automatically after 20 years of uninterrupted navigation by the public.
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Law report London Journal article WB2748-20 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 60402-1001

"Yorkshire Derwent Trust Ltd & others v Brotherton & others", HL 5 December 1991. In allowing an appeal by the landowners (B), the Lords held that, unlike a path, a river does not become a `highway` under rights of way legislation automatically after 20 years of uninterrupted navigation by the public.