Court Cases
For all those interested in outdoor access or involved in advising access takers and land managers. It is hoped that the summaries will give readers who are non-lawyers an improved understanding of the issues, and give them more confidence when discussing these issues with their legal advisers. Lawyers and law students will also find it a useful starting point for researching this field of law. The summaries of court decisions in various fields that have a bearing on outdoor access: access rights, public rights of way, private rights of way (servitudes), liability, and navigation and foreshore rights. Cases relating to the access rights and responsibilities under Part I of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 will be of particular interest. This Part of the Act is written in open terms and, during its evolution, Parliament recognised that the Courts would have a role in clarifying how it would operate.
