Prescriptive Rights: Visible signs

Farrer & Co | Property Law Journal | February 2017 #348
Andrew Wade reviews the current position on signage and establishing prescriptive rights ‘Signs either prohibiting or permitting use for recreational activities can be used to prevent a successful town and village green application.’In the 2016 case of Winterburn v Bennett, Richards LJ commented that: Most people do not seek confrontation… Most people do not have …

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Town And Village Greens: Welcome clarification from the Supreme Court

Osborne Clarke | Property Law Journal | March 2014 #319
David Shakesby reviews a Supreme Court ruling providing welcome clarification for landowners and developers on rectification of the registers ‘It must be right, in principle, that a bad decision to register land as TVG should not be upheld where there is clear evidence that the decision was wrong.’ On 5 February 2014, the Supreme Court …

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Case And Legislative Round-Up: Keeping up to date

Osborne Clarke | Property Law Journal | May 2013 #310
Leona Briggs and Gary Lawrenson provide a snapshot of recent developments in case law and legislation ‘Watch this space! Although the current position is that all qualifying works in a year are to be calculated as one set of works, we understand an application for permission to appeal out of time has been made by …

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Town And Village Greens: Reinforcing the green belt

Fieldfisher | Property Law Journal | April 2012 #288
Gary Pickard looks at some recent cases and the issues to be considered when buying or taking security over open land. ‘A town or village is not limited to a small, chocolate box village green but can consist of any land.’ The last year or so has seen a flurry of cases coming through the …

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