R (Littlejohns) v Devon County Council

Subject Matter

COMMONS — Common land — Registration — Claimants applying for registration of rights of common acquired by prescription over existing common land — Commons registration authority refusing application on basis of impermissibility of right of common being created after specified date over registered common land — Whether local authority erring — Whether breach of Convention right to enjoyment of possessions — Commons Registration Act 1965, s 1(2)(b) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt II, art 1 — Commons Act 2006, Sch 3, para 2

[2015] EWHC 730 (Admin); [2015] QB 869; [2015] 3 WLR 862; [2015] WLR (D) 136, QBD

COMMONS — Common land — Registration — Claimants applying for registration of rights of common acquired by prescription over existing common land — Commons registration authority refusing application on basis of impermissibility of right of common being created after specified date over registered common land — Whether local authority erring — Commons Registration Act 1965, s 1(2)(b) — Commons Act 2006, Sch 3, para 2

[2016] EWCA Civ 446; [2016] QB 1092; [2016] 3 WLR 743; [2016] WLR (D) 242, CA

Appellate History