The Canal & River Trust (CRT) has published maps purporting to define “places” for the entire waterway system in an unlawful attempt to prescribe and control the movement of boats licensed without a home mooring. Section 17(3)(c)(ii) of the British Waterways Act 1995 states that boats must not remain “continuously in any one place for […]
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FORTHCOMING NBTA MEETINGS, 24TH AUGUST AND 6TH SEPTEMBER, LONDON
The NBTA Committee will meet on Saturday 6th September 2014 at the Star of Kings, 126 York Way, London N1 0AX at 2-5pm (optional social after 5pm). All NBTA members are welcome to come to the Committee meeting. We look forward to seeing you there. Please contact secretariat@bargee-traveller.org.uk or 0118 321 4128 if you need […]
NBTA MEETING ON THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF BOAT DWELLERS, CAMBRIDGE, 15TH AUGUST, ALL WELCOME
The NBTA is holding an open meeting in Cambridge on Friday 15th August 2014 at 7.30-9.30pm at St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1DH. The meeting will include information and discussion on the legal rights of boat dwellers. All are welcome. The meeting will continue in a local pub afterwards if people […]
LONDON NBTA GROUP FORMED, ALL WELCOME AT NEXT MEETING 19TH JULY
A London NBTA group has been formed following the meeting in June. The next meeting of the London NBTA group will be on 19th July at 3pm on the Tattershall -Castle, Victoria Embankment, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HR. All are welcome. If you would like the minutes of the first London NBTA meeting please contact secretariat@bargee-traveller.org.uk […]
LONDON NBTA MEETING, SATURDAY 21ST JUNE, VICTORIA EMBANKMENT
There will be a National Bargee Travellers Association meeting for boaters who are in the London area either permanently or temporarily. The meeting will be on Saturday 21st June at 5pm on the Tattershall Castle, Victoria Embankment, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HR. If you want to find out more about the NBTA, or if you want […]
THE COURT TRANSCRIPT CRT DOESN’T WANT YOU TO READ
The NBTA is making available the transcript of proceedings of the judicial review of the Guidance for Boaters Without a Home Mooring here: Brown v Canal & River Trust [2014] EWHC 588 (Admin) (transcript) Canal & River Trust (CRT) claims in a freedom of Information response here: whatdotheyknow: Brown v Canal and River Trust that […]
Stand Against Racism and Fascism
NBTA joins United Nations Anti-Racism Day demonstration NBTA members joined the Stand Against Racism and Fascism demonstration in London on 22nd March to show our solidarity as a minority group. The demonstration was organised by the Trades Union Congress to mark United Nations Anti-Racism Day.
CRT drops Roving Mooring Permits due to concerns about legality
CRT announced on March 7th that its proposed Roving Mooring Permit scheme will not go ahead because they cannot be implemented lawfuly. The NBTA has always maintained that Roving Mooring Permits are unlawful. CRT’s press release said: “In preparing the final details of the proposed schemes we have had to consider whether the restriction of […]
JUDICIAL REVIEW DROPPED: ABSTRACT CASE WILL NOT RESOLVE ISSUE OF LAWFULNESS OF GUIDANCE
Nick Brown, claimant in the judicial review proceedings against Canal & River Trust (CRT) to decide whether the Guidance for Boaters Without a Home Mooring is lawful, today discontinued the action. He said “During the hearing it became apparent that this case could not after all decide on the lawfulness of the Guidance because I […]
Thousands sign petition to stop Canal & River Trust evicting vulnerable boat dwellers
Over 3,500 people have signed a petition calling on the Canal & River Trust to stop evicting disabled, elderly and vulnerable boat dwellers. The petition, supported by the campaigning web site 38 Degrees, is online at The petition calls for an end to the threats of homelessness and for Canal & River Trust to meet […]