Highway law

Please see the attached PDF file below for a detailed listing of the table of contents

• Table of cases
• Table of statutes
• Table of statutory instruments

1. Highways and highway authorities
2. Creation of highways
3. Rights of the highway authority and of adjoining landowners in, under and over the highway
4. The maintenance of highways
5. Civil liability of highway authorities
6. Improvement of highways
7. Protection of the highway and of highway users: (1) Duty of highway authorities, public nuisance and its remedies
8. Protection of the highway and the highway users: (2) Statutory powers relating to authorized and unauthorized interferences with the highway
9. Extinguishment and diversion of highways
10. Streets and private streets
11. Bridges
12. Footpaths, bridleways, and byways
13. Access to open land to to coastal land
14. Street works
15. Authorization procedures, acquisition of land, compulsory purchase powers, inquiries and compensation
16. Traffic regulation and management
17. Miscellaneous matters

• Appendices