River is not a highway
River is not a highway
"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.
"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.