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Ellice’s Trustees v The Commissioners of The Caledonian Canal: SCS 28 Jan 1904

The commissioners of the canal did not have the power to grant a right of way which was not compatible with the exercise of their statutory duties, and that this also meant that no private right of way or servitude could arise by virtue of user of the land over many years by those claiming such a right of way

Citations:

[1904] SLR 41 – 260, (1904) 6 F 325

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Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Cited by:

CitedLancashire County Council, Regina (on The Application of) v SSEFRA and Another SC 11-Dec-2019
Two appeals as to the circumstances in which the concept of ‘statutory incompatibility’ will defeat an application to register land as a town or village green where the land is held by a public authority for statutory purposes. In the first case, . .
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Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.609891

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