The pursuers claimed ownership of a riverbed (the Spey) and of associated rights, and objected to the use made of it by the defenders in holding canoeing courses on the river. They said that the use interfered with salmon fishing activities. The defenders asserted a public right of navigatin.
[1976] UKHL 8, [1976] 3 WLR 725, 1976 SC (HL) 30, [1976] 3 All ER 611, (1976) 140 JP 661, 1976 SLT 162, [1977] AC 359
Bailii
Scotland
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