Two liveaboard boats were seized by CRT in Limpley Stoke on Wednesday 27th April.The two occupants are now homeless and are believed to be sleeping rough.
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Boats seized in Limpley Stoke
Saturday, April 30th, 2022Tags: 1983 British Waterways Act, Article 6, Article 8, boat seizure, British Waterways Act 1971, Commercial Boat Services, enforcement, European Convention on Human Rights, homelessness, Human Rights Act, liveaboards, Section 8
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CRT makes minor concessions on Licence Terms and Conditions
Tuesday, July 6th, 2021CRT has made minor changes to the new Boat Licence Terms and Conditions (T&C) in response to the Pre-Action protocol letter of 31st May 2021 sent by the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA), but has not altered its position on the major issues that were challenged.
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Tags: Bargee Traveller's Association, Boat Licence Terms and Conditions, Boats with home moorings., British Waterways Act 1971, law, legal challenge, liveaboards, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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CRT agrees not to enforce new Terms and Conditions for 14 days following legal challenge
Thursday, June 10th, 2021Following a pre-action protocol letter of 29th May 2021 challenging some of the new Boat Licence Terms and Conditions, CRT has stated that it will not enforce the disputed terms until 16th June 2021. Lawyers for the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) sent a second pre-action protocol letter to CRT on 29th May, following the
publication by CRT of its revised Boat Licence Terms and Conditions.
The legal challenge was made possible by a crowdfunding appeal –
see https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect-boats-homes/
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Tags: appeal, Bargee Traveller's Association, Boat Licence Terms and Conditions, Boats with home moorings., British Waterways Act 1971, crowdfunder, law, legal challenge, liveaboards, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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CRT publishes new Boat Licence Terms and Conditions effective from 1st June
Wednesday, May 26th, 2021On 24th May CRT published its revised Boat Licence Terms and Conditions which have been slightly re-worded but have not fully taken consultation responses into account.
The legal challenge to the new Boat Licence Terms and Conditions brought by the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) and other concerned groups and individuals will continue. The organisers are very grateful to all the supporters who contributed to the appeal to fund this. Now the outcome of the consultation is known, please consider giving the appeal another push:
– Pledge £15, or any amount you can, on: www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect-boats-homes/
– Share the link www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect-boats-homes/ on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat or spread the word in another way (eg to friends and family who are active on social media, through a blog or by email). Thank you!
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Tags: appeal, Bargee Traveller's Association, Boat Licence Terms and Conditions, Boats with home moorings., British Waterways Act 1971, crowdfunder, law, legal challenge, liveaboards, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Boat seizure averted at 11th hour after NBTA intervention
Monday, October 28th, 2019CRT attempted to seize a boat on the K&A on Wednesday 16th October after wrongly denying the boater the opportunity to license the boat. The seizure was prevented by the intervention of the Legal Officer of the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) Nick Brown, who spoke to the police, the boater and a CRT Solicitor on the phone during the attempt to remove the boat. The owner had locked himself inside the boat which had been chained to another boat. The seizure team had begun to tow the boat away despite knowing that the owner was inside the boat. The NBTA intervened after the police had threatened to arrest the boat owner if he did not leave the boat.
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Tags: Article 8, Bargee Traveller's Association, British Waterways Act 1971, British Waterways Act 1983, Data, enforcement, enforcement team, GDPR, liveaboards, Lucy Barry, NBTA, Nick Brown, Section 8, Sheila Shaw
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