No liability for sap falling on the public highway
Powys County Council has successfully defended a claim brought on the basis that it had failed to address the presence of sap on a pavement. Judith Blades explains how.
November 26, 2025
No liability for sap falling on the public highway
News
TfL appoints 19 firms to £120m legal services panel
Oct 09, 2025
Council moves to scrap 1930s bye-laws
Sep 18, 2025
David Kerfoot obituary
Jun 09, 2025
County council hit with £6m fine over busway deaths
Apr 17, 2025
Features
Where now for the ‘right’ to park?
November 07, 2025
At what point does a right go too far to be recognised as an easement? Max Thorowgood considers a recent Upper Tribunal decision.
High Court on highway widths
October 03, 2025
Charles Streeten analyses the High Court’s rejection of a challenge to confirmation of a definitive map modification order.
Imposing the brakes on car cruising
September 11, 2025
Shabinah Ladha discusses Mr Justice Ritchie’s approach in justifying the continuation of ‘car cruising’ injunctions across Birmingham and the Black Country and why nothing short of an injunction will do in curbing street racing.
Aarhus cost protection in traffic order challenges
September 11, 2025
In a recent judgment, the High Court considered the availability of Aarhus Convention costs protection in statutory challenges to the making of traffic orders, and the need for procedural rigour on the part of defendants who wish to contest the issue. Brendan Brett analyses the ruling.
The section 58 defence in the Highways Act 1980
Jul 11, 2025
The statutory duty under s.41 Highways Act 1980
Jun 06, 2025
Time limits and CIL
May 02, 2025
Cross-examination in judicial review
Apr 22, 2025
Take it to the bridge
Apr 04, 2025
Removal of neighbourhood traffic schemes
Jan 15, 2025
Applications for a liability order enforcing CIL
Jan 10, 2025
Bus franchising reform – on the road to change?
Dec 05, 2024
Defending cycling pothole claims
Nov 29, 2024
Highway to Homes
Nov 29, 2024
Obstruction of the highway
Aug 02, 2024
Depedestrianisation and EIA development
May 15, 2024
Traffic Regulation Orders
May 03, 2024
Zebra 2 funding – subsidy control implications
Nov 24, 2023
Penalty charge notices and unjust enrichment
Oct 06, 2023
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