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By: Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (1533) 22 August 2015, 54-55(2)Publication details: 2015Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: Proposals from the Law Commission that will make it easier for developers despite the courts maintaining a strict approach to abandonment of easements. The Commissions proposals argue that abandonment of easements should be easier to establish and proposes a rebuttable presumption of abandonment after 20 years of non-use. The government is now considering the report and a decision is likely in 2015.

Proposals from the Law Commission that will make it easier for developers despite the courts maintaining a strict approach to abandonment of easements. The Commissions proposals argue that abandonment of easements should be easier to establish and proposes a rebuttable presumption of abandonment after 20 years of non-use. The government is now considering the report and a decision is likely in 2015.