The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[2006] Ch 43
Court of Appeal
Oxfordshire County Council v Oxford City Council and another
[2005] EWCA Civ 175
2005 Jan 17,
18,
19,
20;
Feb 24
Feb 24
Peter Gibson, Carnwath LJJ and Blackburne J
Commons
— Town or village green
— Registration
— Land used by local inhabitants for sport and recreation for more than 20 years
— Whether land acquiring status of class c green regardless of registration
— Whether class c green falling within scope of pre-existing legislation applicable to greens
— Whether qualifying period to continue until registration
— Whether permissible for registration authority to amend application for registration
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Commons Registration Act 1965 (c 64), ss. 13, 22 (as amended by Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c 37), s. 98)