The British Horse Society welcomes landmark ruling on cattle-grid obstruction
The British Horse Society welcomes a high court ruling that a council may not lawfully authorise a cattle-grid across the full width of a footpath or bridleway.Mr Alan Kind, who edits the journal of the Byways and Bridleways Trust, had served a statutory notice on Northumberland County Council to remove the cattle grid, which obstructed the bridleway at Capheaton, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Following several legal battles Mr Kind, with the support of The British Horse Society, the Byways and Bridleways Trust, the Open Spaces Society and others, appealed to the High Court, who ruled that