Manchester Airport plc v Dutton and others.
Manchester Airport plc v Dutton and others.
- 1999
- Weekly Law Reports [1999] 32 WLR, 524-540(17) .
CA 5 February 1999. Plaintiff (M) was granted a licence to occupy woods and carry out construction work in them to build an airport runway. M needed to fell trees to reduce obstacles in the flight path. The defendants (D), in opposition to this development, entered the woods three days before the work began (without permission) with the intention of making it impossible for the works to be carried out. M was granted a RSC Order 113 (order of possession). D appealed on the grounds that M did not have sufficient interest in the wood to permit the granting of an exclusive possession order. Appeal dismissed.
AIRPORTS
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
CA 5 February 1999. Plaintiff (M) was granted a licence to occupy woods and carry out construction work in them to build an airport runway. M needed to fell trees to reduce obstacles in the flight path. The defendants (D), in opposition to this development, entered the woods three days before the work began (without permission) with the intention of making it impossible for the works to be carried out. M was granted a RSC Order 113 (order of possession). D appealed on the grounds that M did not have sufficient interest in the wood to permit the granting of an exclusive possession order. Appeal dismissed.
AIRPORTS
BUILT ENVIRONMENT