I’m making a list of current or recent issues about registration of rights of way and land ownership: OSS lantern…
Tag: trespass
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Open Spaces Society symposium for The MERL, 8 September 2021
As part of my Open Spaces Society fellowship for the Museum of English Rural Life, I hosted a symposium on…
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‘The problem with the preservationists’ – talk for the Changing Landscapes network symposium
You can watch my short paper on the history of preservationist movements, access, amenity and the Industrial Pennines, for the…
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links on the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill, 2021, parts 3 and 4, ‘unauthorised encampments’ and the new statutory offence of public nuisance
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9164/ (with PDF report) government response to consultation: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strengthening-police-powers-to-tackle-unauthorised-encampments/outcome/government-response-to-the-consultation-strengthening-police-powers-to-tackle-unauthorised-encampments-accessible-version Responses: https://www.thebmc.co.uk/law-of-trespass-could-change https://www.ramblers.org.uk/news/latest-news/2021/march/ramblers-call-on-government-to-rethink-policing-bill.aspx https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/14/new-anti-protest-bill-raises-profound-concern-human-rights-groups-say https://friendsoftheearth.uk/system-change/open-letter-home-secretary-and-secretary-state-justice Commentary: David Mead for the LSE…
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Winter Hill 1896 mass trespass commemoration
On 12 March 2021, I took part in an excellent discussion about the Winter Hill mass trespass near Bolton in…
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‘Aggravated trespass’ and the Ramblers
Current government proposals to make trespass a criminal offence have been criticised by groups representing Gypsies & Travellers, and the…