The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2026] PTSR 1
Court of Appeal
McLeish and another v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and another
[2024] EWCA Civ 1562
2024 Dec 4; 13
Coulson, Males, Holgate LJJ
Highway— Right of way— Definitive map— Line of footpath wrongly recorded in definitive map— Local authority amending definitive map and statement by order to realign path to run through claimants’ property— Inspector appointed by Secretary of State confirming order— Whether inspector required to apply evidential presumption that predecessor definitive map accurate— Whether footpath through claimants’ property running along correct route—
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c 69), s 53, 56