A complaint had been made to the magistrates that the authority had failed in its duty to repair pathways. The paths were crossed by fencing, by barbed wire, and vegetation had grown.
Judges:
Cairns LJ
Citations:
[1974] 2 All ER 867
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Hereford and Worcester County Council v Newman CA 1975
The council had been found responsible by the magistrates for allowing footpaths to be ‘out of repair’. The paths were unusable for various reasons including having a hawthorn hedge growing down the middle, and having barbed wire fencing strung . .
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Land, Torts – Other
Updated: 21 July 2022; Ref: scu.237584