Legal implications of mobile shorelines in Great Britain

Derek J. McGlashan, Robert W. Duck, Colin T. Reid

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    Abstract

    This paper highlights the three legally defined property areas that lie in the coastal zone in Great Britain (land, foreshore and seabed), and considers the mechanisms used by the two legal systems that operate on the mainland (Scots and English law) to cope with natural processes of erosion and accretion. The two legal systems are shown to be slightly different in how they accommodate erosion and accretion. However, they both have difficulty in coherently addressing the issues of coastal mobility and land ownership, which raises important questions of social justice, as they are based on the perceptions of judges in historic cases.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)149-156
    Number of pages8
    JournalArea
    Volume41
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

    Keywords

    • Coastal accretion
    • Coastal erosion
    • English law
    • Great Britain
    • Scots law
    • Social justice

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