Comments on: Adverse possession of the river bed http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2009/05/adverse-possession-of-the-river-bed/ Housing law news and comment Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:56:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Yola Dragonhttp://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2009/05/adverse-possession-of-the-river-bed/#comment-3214 Yola Dragon Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:15:39 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/?p=1651#comment-3214 The PLA as navigation authority have a duty to remove obstructions to navigation. If Rupert Ashmore's barge has been in position for 26 years and the PLA have done nothing to remove it during that time then they can hardly claim that it is an obstruction to navigation now. There are very many abandoned vessels and wrecks in the Thames but the PLA tends to only remove the ones in or near the river channel; they generally do not to remove the ones close to the river banks on the grounds that such wrecks do not obstruct navigation. The PLA as navigation authority have a duty to remove obstructions to navigation. If Rupert Ashmore’s barge has been in position for 26 years and the PLA have done nothing to remove it during that time then they can hardly claim that it is an obstruction to navigation now.

There are very many abandoned vessels and wrecks in the Thames but the PLA tends to only remove the ones in or near the river channel; they generally do not to remove the ones close to the river banks on the grounds that such wrecks do not obstruct navigation.

]]> By: Adverse Possession of River Bed « Rowena Meager's Property Law Bloghttp://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2009/05/adverse-possession-of-the-river-bed/#comment-410 Adverse Possession of River Bed « Rowena Meager's Property Law Blog Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:09:39 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/?p=1651#comment-410 [...] another discussion on this case see Nearly Legal’s blog here and for discussion of a claim to adverse possession of a highway, see here. Possibly related posts: [...] [...] another discussion on this case see Nearly Legal’s blog here and for discussion of a claim to adverse possession of a highway, see here. Possibly related posts: [...]

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