BADCOCK, LTD. v. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

(1934) 48 Ll L Rep 180

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Hanworth (Master of the Rolls), Lord Justice Slesser and Lord Justice Romer.

Rivers - Foreshore - Moorings - Title - Plaintiffs' occupation of land on bank of River Lea for over sixty years - Erection of wharves-Moorings laid down in foreshore-Moorings in position for nearly sixty years-Acquisition by defendants under Royal Victoria and Other Docks Approaches (Improvement) Act, 1929 - Compensation payable-Whether plaintiffs had established any right or interest in the foreshore or any title to the moorings other than the ownership of the materials sunk in the foreshore and the chains attached thereto