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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> >>The trouble is BW have no intention of going to court. If they think
>> >>you are
>> >>not obeying their rules they will refuse to issue a licence.
>> >
>> >Surely then, the person who has been refused a licence takes BW to
>> >court?
>> > Bob
>> >
>> Ok if they can get legal aid, otherwise expensive.
>> Is it illegal to with hold a licence?
>
>I'm not sure that BW is under any legal obligation to issue a licence to
>someone who applies for one. (possibly the situation may haver been
>different before the legal right of navigation on BW waterways was
>abolished by the 1968 Transport Act)
>
>If BW refuses to issue one on what you believe to be unreasonable
>grounds, I think you might have a better chance of getting their decision
>overturned if you went to the Waterways Ombudsman (on grounds of
>either unfairness or maladminstration, depending on the circumstances)
>rather than going to court.
>
You're missing the point. This thread is about forcing BW to court
forcing them to show what they have documented to support their mooring
'rules'. No documentation = rules are invalid.
Bob
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