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Parking law shifts into gear

Series: Estates Gazette ; (0149) 8 December 2001, 115(1)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: Discusses the recent CA ruling in "Batchelor v Marlow", which dealt with the issue of parking rights. Key points to be taken from the ruling include: whether a right to park qualifies as an easement depends upon its extent; if it effectively excludes the servient owner's right to use his own land, it cannot be an easement.

Discusses the recent CA ruling in "Batchelor v Marlow", which dealt with the issue of parking rights. Key points to be taken from the ruling include: whether a right to park qualifies as an easement depends upon its extent; if it effectively excludes the servient owner's right to use his own land, it cannot be an easement.