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 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.
• Planning issues arising from use of water including developments on water such as houseboats.
• Rights in relation to beaches and foreshores

See also Ownership of Fisheries, Running a Fishery and Damage to Fisheries.