High Court gives Bembridge Harbour Trust permission to proceed with a Judicial Review of Bembridge Harbour’s Management. Dear Members, On 1st October Judge Lang granted BHT leave to pursue the Judicial Review of the Harbour Authority on the ground of it having made loans – which total over £630,000 - to other companies owned by Mr and/or Mr & Mrs Thorpe … [Read more...] about Members update early October
Judicial Review members update late July 2021
Dear Members We lost and here’s why On 29th July permission to proceed with a Judicial Review [JR] of the Isle of Wight Council’s [IWC’s] Bembridge Harbour planning decision was refused. This frustrated BHT’s hoped-for result in the interest of the harbour and its environment, with the judge ruling that there were insufficient grounds to challenge Bembridge Investments … [Read more...] about Judicial Review members update late July 2021
PRESS RELEASE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW UPDATE 02.07.2021
Bembridge Harbour Trust (BHT) launch a second Legal Challenge by Judicial Review (JR) in the High Court. BHT is a charity with the objective of protecting and enhancing the harbour, while seeing that relevant law is applied to help the Statutory Harbour Authority (SHA) manage itself in its own and the public interest. We launched the first JR, against the Isle of Wight … [Read more...] about PRESS RELEASE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW UPDATE 02.07.2021
LATE MAY UPDATE
Dear BHT Members, BHT are advised that there is good reason to be concerned about the conduct of the Statutory Harbour Authority [SHA]. We served a pre-action protocol letter on the SHA yesterday . This is the second legal action taken by which we hope to address the issues and so secure a better future for the harbour. These court actions are only taken after all other … [Read more...] about LATE MAY UPDATE
TWO RECENT EVENTS ARE A CALL TO ARMS TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION TO SAVE YOUR HARBOUR
High Court judgement: Bembridge Harbour management responsible for “Tangent” sinking. It will cost the harbour around £400,000. The motor vessel Tangent sank at her moorings in Bembridge Harbour on 7th October 2017. The harbour’s management claimed that the vessel had been incorrectly moored; the owners asserted that the moorings had not been properly maintained. … [Read more...] about TWO RECENT EVENTS ARE A CALL TO ARMS TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION TO SAVE YOUR HARBOUR