39 from 39, Series 3 Episode 5: Town and Village Greens post TW Logistics in the Supreme Court: Where have we got to and where are we going?

Chaired by Richard Wald QC of 39 Essex Chambers who represented the 2nd Respondent in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal where he led Richard Eaton (who had previously acted successfully as sole advocate in the High Court).

Richard Eaton, Partner and Solicitor Advocate at Birketts LLP

TWL in the Supreme Court – The end of a long journey but where did we end up?

Richard will look at what the decision means for issues such as co-existent user, statutory incompatibility, criminality as a bar to registration, and the scope of post registration rights for inhabitants and land owners.

Angela Sydenham, Former Consultant at Birketts LLP and Author of Commons and Village Greens   

What no Maypole? Is there any limit to the types of sites registrable as TVGs?

Angela will provide a tour d’horizon of how judges have expanded the scope of what passes for a Town or Village Green all the way from Maypoles, Morris dancers and warm beer to golf courses and commercial quays.