Tithe Redemption Commission v Runcorn Urban District Council [1954] Ch 383

Highways: Digging deeper

The Supreme Court has clarified the meaning of a highway, with reference to legislative history, as Senay Nihat and Martin Thomas find out ‘The purpose of the Transfer Order was to put TfL in the position of the authorities so that whatever part of the vertical plane was owned by them at the operative date …

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Planning Update: What is a highway?

Michele Vas outlines a recent decision which reiterates what constitutes a ‘highway’ ‘Case law establishes that the only land which vests in a highway authority is that which is required to fulfil its highway functions and responsibilities.’ The recent Court of Appeal judgment in the case of London Borough of Southwark v Transport for London …

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