Josie Rowland v Environment Agency
Josie Rowland v Environment Agency
- 2003
- Weekly Law Reports [2004] 3 WLR 249-304(56) .
[2003] EWCA Civ 1885, 19 December 2003. Appeal against HC decision ([2002] EWCH 2785 (Ch), X121051) by appellant (R) which held that public navigation rights existed over a stretch of the River Thames known as Hedsor Water and that the defendant (E) was entitled to perform its statutory functions with respect to Hedsor Water. CA upheld HC decision but noted that in exercising its public functions in respect of Hedsor Water, E should take into account the common assumption prior to to November 2000 that it was private. Appeal dismissed.
ROWLAND V ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
RIPARIAN RIGHTS
THAMES PRESERVATION ACT 1885
HEDSOR WATER
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
PUBLIC RIGHT OF NAVIGATION
RIVER THAMES
[2003] EWCA Civ 1885, 19 December 2003. Appeal against HC decision ([2002] EWCH 2785 (Ch), X121051) by appellant (R) which held that public navigation rights existed over a stretch of the River Thames known as Hedsor Water and that the defendant (E) was entitled to perform its statutory functions with respect to Hedsor Water. CA upheld HC decision but noted that in exercising its public functions in respect of Hedsor Water, E should take into account the common assumption prior to to November 2000 that it was private. Appeal dismissed.
ROWLAND V ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
RIPARIAN RIGHTS
THAMES PRESERVATION ACT 1885
HEDSOR WATER
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
PUBLIC RIGHT OF NAVIGATION
RIVER THAMES