A council had no power to contribute to another highway authority’s costs of maintaining existing highway schemes; ‘expenditure’ was highway authority’s, and the transfer was ultra vires. Citations: Times 05-Mar-1998, Gazette 16-Apr-1998 Statutes: Highways Act 1980 274 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Local Government Updated: 18 June 2022; Ref: scu.88827
Public highway – ‘once a highway always a highway’ – Section 32 Highways Act 1980 – Definitive Map – Sections 53 and 58 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Citations: [2007] EWLandRA 2005 – 1274 Links: Bailii Registered Land Updated: 02 September 2022; Ref: scu.429570
The claimants sought compensation for the diminution in the values of their properties because of noise pollution from a new highway. The defendant highway authority said that liability had been transferred to its contractors, and it had not been and was not a highway maintainable at public expense. Held: The road had been constructed for … Continue reading O’Connor and Another v Wiltshire County Council: CA 9 May 2007
Dogs which were kept by pathway could not amount to an obstruction of footpath even though they were fearsome. Citations: Times 26-Jul-1996 Statutes: Highways Act 1980 137(1) Road Traffic Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.82742