Section 8 does not affect CaRT waterways

THE Canal & River Trust tell us that the Section 8 case concerning Nigel Moore and British Waterways Board/CaRT does not affect licensing on the Trust's normal navigations.

The Trust's statement:

On 14 February 2013 the Court of Appeal made a ruling relating to a short stretch of tidal waterway on the Grand Union Canal at Brentford. Since this tidal stretch of the Grand Union Canal is subject to public rights of navigation, it needs to be treated differently to elsewhere on the 2,000 miles of canals and rivers now looked after by the Canal & River Trust.

The case relates solely to the tidalstretch of the Grand Union Canal in Brentford between Bax's Mill/The Boatman's Institute and the junction of the Canal with the Thames.

London Waterway Manager, Jon Guest, stated:

"Tens of thousands of boaters already moor along 2,000 miles of our waterways, whether as continuous cruisers or permanent moorers. This case relates to a tidal stretch of the Grand Union Canal in Brentford and, as a result of this Judgment, we will need to look at how we treat this stretch differently."

The full Judgement can be found here:

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/library/2728.pdf