Posts Tagged ‘Richard Parry’
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
We have just heard that Sally Ash, CRT’s Head of Boating, dubbed the ‘Wicked Witch of Watford’ and ‘Cruella De Vil’ by boaters for her efforts over many years to destroy the lives of liveaboard continuous cruisers, is to retire at the end of June this year.
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Tags: continuous cruising, Drifters Leisure Limited, libel threat, liveaboards, Richard Parry, Sally Ash
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
In a meeting between CRT and the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) on 14th January, NABO stated that “Putting the legal arguments to one side, NABO, as a policy decision, are happy for the pilot [roving mooring permit] operation to proceed and will monitor a) its success and b) its effect, if any, on other boaters and the availability of moorings. NABO feels that at least a roving mooring permit is a compassionate attempt to resolve a problem which has been allowed to get out of control. NABO will at this time raise no legal objections during this process but would suggest that the effectiveness of the roving mooring permits is monitored at 6 and 12 month intervals and NABO would like to be party to the findings”.
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Tags: liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, Local Waterway Partnership, NABO, NBTA, RBOA, Richard Parry, roving mooring permits, Sally Ash, Section 17, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, February 17th, 2014
A boat dweller who is facing court action by CRT was told that Richard Parry will not personally scrutinise every decision to take boat dwellers to court, whether against sick boaters or otherwise, according to a petition on the 38 degrees web site. This is in direct contradiction to the discussion between a K&A boater and Mr Parry.
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Tags: continuous cruising, equality, liveaboards, petition, Richard Parry, Sally Ash, Section 17, Simon Salem, Waterways Act 1995
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Monday, January 20th, 2014
In November 2013 Richard Parry, CRT Chief Executive, announced a series of open meetings with boaters (and other waterway users) across the country, starting in early 2014. He stated that the aim of the meeting was for him to meet boaters and hear their views on any local or national issues, and open up channels of communication for any future consultations. The first three meetings have just been announced in Birmingham, Nottingham and Oxford, as follows:
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Tags: CRT open meetings, meeting, Richard Parry
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Monday, December 9th, 2013
Three boaters spoke to Richard Parry, CRT’s Chief Executive, when he visited Crofton last Wednesday. One of the most significant things that they learnt was that Mr Parry will personally scrutinise every decision to take boaters to court from January.
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Tags: bona fide navigation, continuous cruising, CRT Legal Department, enforcement, Nigel Johnson, Paul Davies, Richard Parry, Sally Ash, Section 8
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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Richard Parry, Chief Executive of CRT, will visit the K&A again this Wednesday 4th December.
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Tags: Crofton, Richard Parry
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