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7 March 2012 British Waterways welcomes the Judgment of The Honourable Mr Justice Hildyard in the High Court of Justice on 16 February 2012 in which he declared that the vessel ‘Gilgie’, owned by Nigel Moore, was unlawfully moored. Mr Justice Hildyard conducted what was, in the eyes of one legal commentator, a “massively detailed . . . → Read More: Statement: Nigel Moore v British Waterways Oxford City Council has joined forces with the Environment Agency and British Waterways to tackle illegally moored boats on the Thames and the Oxford canal. The move has prompted the formation of a new boaters’ group amid fears that a strict clampdown will force boats out of the city. Boaters met at the town . . . → Read More: Oxford Clampdown on Illegal Mooring – Boaters Form New Group Canal & River Trust | Liveaboards | Mooring Strategies | Waterway Communities | Waterway News | Waterway Politics Text of BW response: Earlier this year, and following a 40% increase in boat numbers on the Rivers Lee and Stort, British Waterways initiated a public consultation on an alternative plan for towpath mooring. We had a tremendous response from a wide range of people who use the rivers – including leisure boaters, boaters with . . . → Read More: BW Respond to Lee & Stort Mooring Consultation Published 27 August 2011 Minister Grant Shapps of the Department of Communities & Local Government said that more people than ever are choosing to make a boat their home and that boats with residential moorings could be an example of how unconventional housing can allow people to live in areas of the country where perhaps . . . → Read More: Government – more powers for communities to allow liveaboard boats on waterways Canal dwellers fear new cruise controls The body running the canal network, British Waterways, is set to become a charity. But, asks Andrew Mourant, what impact will this have on boatowners living on the canals? via Canal dwellers fear new cruise controls | Society | The Guardian. Share with: Digg this post Share with Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend Following the recent judgement of the case between British Waterways (BW) v Davies, the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) issued a press release which commented on BW’s earlier press release. In an attempt to get both sides of the story, the following report attempts to merge the points of view of BW and NBTA – . . . → Read More: More on BW v Davies (re: Continuous Cruising) 31 March 2011 British Waterways announced today (31/3/11) that it welcomed the Judgment made in Bristol County Court in which His Honour Deputy Judge O’Malley said he favoured BW’s interpretation of Section 17 of the British Waterways Act 1995 (relating to Continuous Cruising). In doing so, the Learned Judge found that the Defendant, Mr Davies . . . → Read More: British Waterways Board v Paul Davies – Judgement Using an unfortunately emotive headline, The Guardian has accused BW of ‘socially cleansing’ live-aboard boaters from moorings near to the Olympics site. Unfortunately they haven’t provided a section to allow readers to comment. In response, BW have issued a statement which says that ‘the consultation for the River Lee Navigation is in response to a . . . → Read More: Guardian accuses BW of socially cleansing Olympics area Tuesday 19 October 2010 16.30 BST From Martin Wainwright in the Guardian: British Waterways set on course its own abolition before last week’s quango cull, writes Martin Wainwright If there was one chirrup from the government’s bonfire of the quangos last week, it will have come from British Waterways, which has been pressing for its . . . → Read More: Making the cut on Britain’s canals Saturday, 9 October 2010 Interesting post from Simon Robbins’ blog Liveaboards: Letting the mushrooms see the light?. Simon writes: “It may surprise my regulars but I’m going to say something (almost) positive about British Waterways today. Along held grumble at local user group meetings has been how on too many occasions local staff leading those . . . → Read More: Letting the mushrooms see the light? |
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