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Course focus

15th Annual Planning Law Conference

Date:
08 December 2008
Venue:
Royal College of Surgeons, London
CPD:
5.0

Training programmes

Flooding and Highways

 

  1. The Duties of the highway authority to dispose of water which comes on to the highway. Rain and other water falling on to the highway and elsewhere. Water coming from other land. Land higher than the highway.
  2. Drainage and compulsory acquisition of drainage rights. Section 100 of the Highways Act 1980.Other practical points. Easements.  The twenty year rule.  What is the evidence needed to prove that your highway authority has a right to drain?
  3. Land drainage. Power over other land. The Land Drainage Act 1991.Other statutes. Dealing with other players-Environment Agency, District Councils, Drainage Boards and others. The law affecting the other agencies-what to do and when to do it.
  4. A practical exercise. A chance to test yourself. Case studies. When is the highway authority liable over flooding? What is a “return period”? The latest law. How to keep your authority out of trouble.
  5. Civil claims in court. A further chance to test yourself. Members. The Ombudsman.

 

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