The Weekly Law Reports
[2013] 1 WLR 1521
Court of Appeal
*Regina (Barkas) v North Yorkshire County Council
[2012] EWCA Civ 1373
2012 Sept 13;
Oct 23
Richards, Sullivan, McFarlane LJJ
Commons— Town or village green— Registration— Local authority laying out and maintaing land as recreation ground pursuant to statutory powers— Local inhabitants using land for recreational purposes for more than 20 years— Whether use of land “as of right”—
Housing Act 1936 (26 Geo 5 & 1 Edw 8, c 51), s 80(1)
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Housing Act 1985 (c 68), s 12(1)
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Commons Act 2006 (c 26), s 15(2)