Water Law

Simon Jackson Solicitors also have extensive experience advising on water law issues unrelated to fisheries.

The value of water rights for agricultural and commercial purposes has generated a complex body of case law, and statutory regulation of water use increases every year.

Simon Jackson Solicitors can advise on the following areas relating to water rights

· Rights and liabilities of owners to the bed and banks of watercourses and over the water in them.

· Rights to impound and divert water.

· Milling Rights.

· Flood defence and land drainage issues including compensation for work undertaken pursuant to statutory powers.

· Rights in relation to beaches and foreshores.

· Navigation.

· Easements in and over water.