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  • Hello, my name is Ken.

Important People of Scottish Access

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  • Important People of Scottish Access – Adam Black (1784-1874)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – Walter Arthur Smith (1852-1934)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – John George Bartholomew (1860-1920)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – Archibald Eneas Robertson (1870-1958)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – Arthur W Russell (1873-1967)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – William Ferris (1894-1963)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – Donald Grant Moir  (1902-1986)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – Professor Sir Robert (Bob) Grieve (1910 -1995)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – Donald Bennet (1928-2013)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – Rennie McOwan (1933-2018)
  • Important People of Scottish Access – Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922)

Court Cases

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  • The Authority of Case Law
  • An outline of the Scottish Courts System
Cases under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
  • Renyana Stahl Anstalt v Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority Appeal Decision
  • Law Society of Scotland v Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
  • Caledonian Heritable Ltd v East Lothian Council
  • Gloag v Perth & Kinross Council and the Rambler’s Association
  • Snowie v Stirling Council and Ramblers Association Lindsay and Barbara Ross v Stirling Council
  • Tuley v Highland Council
  • Williamson v Highland Activities Limited
  • Forbes v Fife Council
  • Aviemore Highland Resort v Cairngorms National Park Authority
  • Creelman v Argyll & Bute Council
Public rights of way and private servitude rights of way
    Creation of public rights of way – need for public place end points
    • Marquis of Bute v McKirdy & McMillan
    • Leith-Buchanan v Hogg
    • Smith v Saxton
    • Jenkins v Murray
    • Magistrates of Dunblane v Arnold-McCulloch
    • Cuthbertson v Young
    • Darrie v Drummond
    • Scott v Drummond
    • Duncan v Lees
    • Lauder v MacColl
    • Oswald v Lawrie
    • Midlothian Council v Crolla
    • Melfort Pier Holidays Ltd v The Melfort Club and Others
    • Wood v North British Railway
    Creation of public rights of way – use as of right by the public for the prescriptive period
    • Wills Trustees v Cairngorm Canoeing and Sailing School Ltd
    • Rhins District Committee of the County Council of Wigtownshire v Cunninghame
    • Wilson v Jamieson
    • Strathclyde (Hyndland) Housing Society Ltd v Cowie
    • Cumbernauld & Kilsyth District Council v Dollar Land (Cumbernauld) Ltd
    • Scottish Rights of Way & Recreation Society Ltd v Macpherson
    • Norrie v Magistrates of Kirriemuir
    • Cadell v Stevenson
    • McGregor v Crieff Co-operative Society Ltd
    • Rome v Hope Johnstone
    • Burt v Barclay
    • McInroy v Duke of Athole
    • Richardson v Cromarty Petroleum Co Ltd
    • Magistrates of Elgin v Robertson
    • Kinloch’s Trustees v Young
    • Ayr Burgh Council v British Transport Commission
    • Aberdeen City Council v Wanchoo and Neumann v Hutchison
    • Duffield Morgan v Lord Advocate
    Creation of rights of way – interruption of the prescriptive period
    • Mann v Brodie
    Different kinds of use of rights of way
    • Carstairs v Spence
    • Mackenzie v Bankes
    • Crawford v Lumsden
    • Malcolm v Lloyd
    • Macfarlane v Morrison & Others (Robertson’s Trustees)
    • Aberdeenshire Council v Lord Glentanar
    Need for a particular line for public rights of way
    • Mackintosh v Moir
    • Home Drummond & Another (Petitioners)
    • Hozier v Hawthorne
    Obstruction of rights of way
    • Fife Council v Nisbet
    • Rodgers v Harvie
    • Sutherland v Thomson
    • Kirkpatrick v Murray
    • Hay v Earl of Morton’s Trustees
    • Lord Donington v Mair
    • Midlothian District Council v MacKenzie
    • Graham v Sharpe
    • Glasgow and Carlisle Road Trustees v Whyte
    • Macdonald v Watson
    • Anderson v Earl of Morton
    • Earl of Morton v Anderson
    • Aitchison v India Tyre & Rubber Co.
    • Stewart, Pott & Co. v Brown Brothers & Co
    • Geils v Thomson
    • Lanarkshire Water Board v Gilchrist
    • Drury v McGarvie
    • Glasgow and Carlisle Road Trustees v Tennant
    • Soriani v Cluckie
    Procedural issues
    • Alston v Ross
    • Alexander v Picken
    • Torrie v Duke of Atholl
    • Macfie v Scottish Rights of Way and Recreation Society Limited
    • Potter v Hamilton
    • Nairn v Speedie
    • Hope v Landward District Committee of the Parish Council of Inveresk
    Public and private rights of way – ancillary rights and burdens
    • McRobert v Reid
    • Lord Burton v Mackay
    • Allan v McLachlan
    • Preston’s Trustees v Preston
    • Milne v Inveresk Parish Council
    • Moncrieff v Jamieson
    Relationship of public rights of way with private servitude rights of way and with ‘roads’ under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
      Public rights of way and ‘roads’ under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
      • Hamilton v Nairn
      • Hamilton v Dumfries & Galloway Council
      • Davidson v Earl of Fife
      Relationship of public rights of way with private servitude rights of way
      • Thomson v Murdoch
      • McGavin v McIntyre
      • Alvis v Harrison
    Rights of way – land owned by statutory undertakers or the Crown
    • The Ramblers Association v The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (and Others)
    • Kinross County Council v Archibald
    • Ayr Harbour Trustees v Oswald
    • Oban Town Council v Callander & Oban Railway
    • Ellice’s Trustees v Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal
    • Edinburgh Corporation v North British Railway Co.
    • British Transport v Westmoreland County Council
    • Lord Advocate v Strathclyde Regional Council and Lord Advocate v Dumbarton District Council
Navigation rights and rights in relation to the foreshore
    Navigation rights
    • Kames Bay Case – Petition of the Crown Estate Commissioners
    • Wills Trustees v Cairngorm Canoeing and Sailing School Ltd
    • Crown Estate Commissioners v Fairlie Yacht Slip Ltd.
    • Denaby and Cadeby Main Collieries Ltd v Anson
    • Campbell’s Trustees v Sweeney
    • Colquhoun’s Trustees v Orr Ewing & Co
    • Walford v David
    • Ellerman Lines Ltd v Clyde Navigation Trustees
    Rights in relation to the foreshore
    • Marquis of Bute v McKirdy & McMillan
    • Leith-Buchanan v Hogg
    • Officers of State v Smith
Liability
    Cases relating to contributory negligence
    • Smith v Finch
    Liability of recreational users to one another
    • Anthony Phee v James Gordon & Niddry Castle Golf Club 4 November 2011
    • Milne v Duguid
    • Pearson v Lightning
    Occupiers’ liability: Cases involving ‘hazards’ in the outdoors
    • Michael Leonard v The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority
    • Prosecution by the Health & Safety Executive Dunoon Sheriff Court, 18th August 2010
    • Anderson v The Scottish Ministers
    • Fegan v Highland Regional Council
    • Graham v East of Scotland Water
    • Duff v East Dunbartonshire Council
    • Strachan v Highland Council
    • Brown v South Lanarkshire Council
    • Trueman v Aberdeenshire Council
    • Marshall v North Ayrshire Council
    • Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council
    • Johnstone v Sweeney
    • McCluskey v Lord Advocate
    • Lang v Kerr Anderson & Co.
    • Wright v Nevis Range Development Company
    Occupiers’ liability: Cases involving children
    • Glasgow Corporation v Taylor
    • Stevenson v Glasgow Corporation
    • Jolley v Sutton London Borough Council
    • Dawson v Scottish Power
    Occupiers’ liability: Cases involving facilities/indoor premises
    • McCondichie v Mains Medical Centre
    • Poppleton v Peter Ashley Activities Centre
    • Porter v Borders Council
    Cases involving animals
    • Welsh v Brady
    • Shirley McKaskie v John Cameron
    • Gardiner v Miller
Other cases of interest
  • Carol Rohan Beyts v Trump International Golf Club Scotland Limited
  • Law Society of Scotland v Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
  • R v Howard
  • Neizer v Rhodes

The Bookshelf

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  • Welcome to The Bookshelf
Legislation
  • Legislation 2020-2029
  • Legislation 2010-2019
  • Legislation 2000-2009
  • Legislation 1960-1969
  • Legislation 1970-1979
  • Legislation 1980-1989
  • Legislation 1990-1999
Guidance on Legislation
  • Guidance on Legislation 1990-1999
  • Guidance on Legislation 2000-2009
  • Guidance on Legislation 2010-2019
Responsible Access
  • Publications on Responsible Access 2000-2009
  • Publications on Responsible Access 2010-2019
Rights of Way and Outdoor Access Management
    Land Management
    • Managing Land for Outdoor Access 2000-2009
    Path Management
    • Path Management 1980-1989
    • Path Management 1990-1999
    • Path Management 2000-2009
    • Path Management 2010-2019
    People Management
    • Managing the Public 2000-2009
    • Managing the Public 2010-2019
    Signposting
    • Signposting and Interpretation 1990-1999
    • Signposting and Interpretation 2010-2019
Surveys of Rights of Way, Access and Procedures
  • Surveys of Rights of Way, Access and Procedures 2000-2009
  • Surveys of Rights of Way, Outdoor Access and Procedures 2010-2019
  • Surveys of Rights of Way, Access and Procedures 1980-1989

About Access Rights

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  • What are Outdoor Access Rights?
Rights of Way
  • Do public rights of way exist in Scotland?
  • How does a route become a right of way?
  • Is there any need for rights of way, now that there is freedom of access?
  • Is there any record of rights of way in Scotland?
  • Can I ride my motorbike on a right of way or take it off road?
  • My neighbour says he has a right to go along the path at the back of my house. Could this be a public right of way?
  • There is a planning application for a housing development that will block a well-used path. Local people think that it is a right of way. What can be done?
  • There is a proposal for a windfarm development that will be close to a well-used right of way. What can be done?
  • There is a path close to my house which local people say is a right of way. Can I divert the route so as to protect my privacy?
  • A local landowner has fenced off a path that is well used by local people, and has put up a sign saying No trespassers’. What can I do about it?
  • Horse riders are using a local path and churning it up so that it is difficult for walkers to use. What can be done?
  • Private Signs, Private Roads, Public Roads, What’s the difference?
  • Where can I cycle?
  • Where Can I Ride or Drive my Horse?
  • Who’s responsible for path maintenance?
Statutory Access Rights
  • What does behaving responsibly mean?
  • A Brief History of Access Rights
  • The Scottish Outdoor Access Code, A Replacement for the Country Code
  • Is there any need for rights of way, now that there is freedom of access?
  • Can I ride my motorbike on a right of way or take it off road?
  • What activities are covered by rights of access?
  • What activities are not covered by rights of access?
  • Where do access rights not apply?
  • What are core paths?
  • What is a Local Access forum?
  • What happens when there is a dispute about whether, or how, the rights of access apply?
  • Who should I contact if I have a problem about access rights?
  • Are access rights different in Scotland from those in England and Wales?
  • A local landowner has fenced off a path that is well used by local people, and has put up a sign saying No trespassers’. What can I do about it?
  • Horse riders are using a local path and churning it up so that it is difficult for walkers to use. What can be done?
  • Private Signs, Private Roads, Public Roads, What’s the difference?
  • Where can I cycle?
  • Can I go wild camping in Scotland?
  • Where Can I Ride or Drive my Horse?
  • Who’s responsible for path maintenance?
  • Right to Roam Timeline
  • The Coming of Access Rights

History

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  • The History of ScotWays
  • 175th Anniversary
  • Boardwalks, the oldest types of constructed path
  • 1844 The beginning of ScotWays
  • The Association for the Protection of Public Rights of Roadway in and Around Edinburgh
  • Welcome the Scottish Rights of Way and Recreation Society Limited
  • 1964 When figure 740 changed the face of path signs
  • The Launch of the Heritage Paths website
  • A Brief History of Access Rights
  • ScotWays’s Oldest Standing Signpost
  • The First ScotWays Signposts
  • The Changing Face of ScotWays Signs
  • What’s in a name?
  • Right to Roam Timeline
  • The Coming of Access Rights

Scottish Hill Tracks

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  • Scottish Hill Tracks ~ Overview
  • SECTION 2: Central & South-West Borders
  • SECTION 3: Lammermuir & Moorfoot Hills
  • SECTION 4: Pentland Hills
  • SECTION 5: Clydesdale & Lowther Hills
  • SECTION 6: Galloway & South Ayrshire
  • SECTION 7: Arran, Inverclyde & North Ayrshire
  • SECTION 9: Southern Highlands
  • SECTION 11: Glen Coe & Appin
  • SECTION 13: Loch Leven to Glen Spean
  • SECTION 14: Ardgour, Moidart & Morven
  • SECTION 15: West Mounth & Sidlaw Hills
  • SECTION 17: Cairngorms
  • SECTION 19: Monadh Liath
  • SECTION 20: Loch Eil to Glen Shiel
  • SECTION 21: Glen Affric, Kintail & Strathfarrar
  • SECTION 22: Mull & Skye
  • SECTION 23: Wester Ross
  • SECTION 24: Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross

Heritage Paths

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  • Heritage Paths Introduction
  • The Launch of the Heritage Paths website
About Types of Heritage Paths
  • Heritage Paths Introduction
  • Roman Roads
  • Medieval Roads
  • Pilgrimage Routes
  • Military Roads
  • Trade Routes
  • Fish Roads
  • Salters’ Roads
  • Postie Paths
  • Drove Roads
  • Traveller Routes
  • Public works and private enterprise: moving towards the modern transport system
  • Leisure Paths
  • Religious Routes
  • Coffin Roads

Signposting

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  • 1964 When figure 740 changed the face of path signs
  • A Signposting Tour of the Cairngorms
  • ScotWays’s Oldest Standing Signpost
  • The First ScotWays Signposts
  • The Changing Face of ScotWays Signs

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