Subjects:

Property Law

Contents:

Highways and highways authorities

Creation of highways

Rights of the highway authority and adjoining landowners.

Maintenance of highways

Civil liability for failure to maintain

Improvement of highways

Protection of highways

Extinguishment and diversion of highways

Streets, new streets and private streets

Bridges

Footpaths and bridleways

Street works

Acquisition of land / compulsory purchase

Miscellaneous.

This renowned text provides detailed and practical commentary on the law relating to the creation, upkeep, development and ownership of highways.

As the leading general practitioner's work on the subject, it guides readers through the powers and duties of highways authorities, the rights of users of the highway, and of those who own land around the highway.

Completely revised and updated, it includes much new material and treatment of the new countryside right of way laws. Written by the respected author of The Encyclopaedia of Highway Law, it is fully indexed with easy-to-use navigation by chapter and by paragraph.

• Pulls together all aspects of the law into a single document, providing a unique overview
  
• Fully revised - covers the Countryside Rights of Access legislation and all developments in the area
  
• High quality narrative - concise and precise analysis of the law, delivered in a straightforward, accessible style