
Paul Stafford to deliver MBL Webinar on the law of Commons and Manorial Rights
4th Jul 2023
The webinar is on Wednesday 12 July 2023 from 10am to 11:30am. It will focus on the interface between the law of commons and the law of manorial rights. Points which come up include:
- The nature of common land
- Private ownership of common land
- Identifying manorial rights issues
- The development of the public interest in common land
- 19th century legislation and its continuing relevance
- The Commons Act 1965 – a missed opportunity – s 11 exemptions
- Commons commissioners and their decisions
- The Commons Act 2006: Sch 2 applications and s 38 applications to injunct prohibited works on common land
