Public Rights of Way and Access to Land Book

The exercise of public rights of way has long been a source of conflict and conforntation between users, landowners and local authorities. This is largely due to the complexity of the law of highways which governs such rights. In the first part of "Public Rights of Way", Angela Sydenham clarifies the law. She explains how such rights of way are created and can be lost, how their existence can be ascertained and the nature of the obligations to maintain and manage them. The second part of the book explains how the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 has introduced new rights of access to open land, the nature and extent of such rights and the obligations consequent upon them. The book sets out all the relevant provisions of the Highways Act 1980 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in their amended form, and Parts I and II of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. "Public Rights of Way" brings together all the relevant law and suggests solutions to some of the practical problems experienced by landowners and farmers in relation to rights of way, offering the reader a comprehensive text, which aims to supply the definitive answer to all their questions.Read More