Please sign, share and tweet this petition in support of people affected by CRT’s new policy for boat dwellers without a home mooring. The petition is being relaunched after opponents angry at the petition’s success – it has reached 15,000 signatures – succeeded in temporarily removing it. It is back and it’s going to stay […]
Author: nick_theboatman
Forthcoming meetings:
Saturday 14th March 2015 – NBTA London campaign meeting, 3pm, Star of Kings, 126 York Way, London N1 0AX. Contact NBTALondon@gmail.com Sunday 15th March 2015 – NBTA meeting and legal briefing, 2pm – 5pm, The Victoria, Birmingham B1 1BN. Leaflets for the Birmingham meeting to download and distribute NBTA Birmingham meeting flyer 15-03-2015 NBTA Birmingham […]
THE CONTINUOUS CRUISING CASE CRT COULDN’T WIN
CRT settled with a boater and kept the outcome confidential in a continuous cruising case last year. The case of CRT v Wingfield (3NG01237) was heard by HHJ Pugsley in Chesterfield County Court on 3rd and 4th March 2014. The resulting court order included a confidentiality clause preventing anyone from disclosing the terms of the […]
STATEMENT ON CRT’S NEW POLICY FOR BOATERS WITHOUT A HOME MOORING
The NBTA opposes Canal & River Trust’s new policy for boaters without a home mooring. Canal & River Trust (CRT) declared on 13th February 2015 that from 1st May this year it will refuse to re-license all boats that “don’t move … far enough or often enough” to meet its Guidance for Boaters without a […]
BOATERS LEGAL BRIEFING, 26TH FEBRUARY, LONDON
After the earlier event in November was oversubscribed, we are running a second legal briefing in a larger venue.on Thursday, 26th February 2015 at 7pm at St Michael and All Angels Church Hall, Lansdowne Drive, London E8 3ER. You can book a free place online here http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meeting-legal-general-ii-tickets-15425159066 or contact secretariat@bargee-traveller.org.uk or 0118 321 4128. Unsure […]
JOIN THE BOATERS BLOC AT THE MARCH FOR HOMES, LONDON, 31st JANUARY
Join the NBTA banner and Boaters Bloc on the March for Homes this Saturday 31st January. The march assembles 12 noon at St Mary’s Churchyard, Newington Butts, London SE1 6SQ (Elephant and Castle tube/rail) to march to the Mayor of London’s office at City Hall. The NBTA banner and boaters will be at the corner […]
CRT HANDS OFF OUR HOMES! PUBLIC MEETING, 22ND JANUARY 2015, LONDON
The Canal & River Trust (CRT) is on a mission to make the lives of live-aboards without home moorings harder. CRT has been meeting with some boaters’ groups to try to get an agreement to an unlawful definition of “place” and an unlawful minimum distance that continuous cruisers should travel to comply with Section 17 […]
DISTANCE NOT IMPORTANT IN CONTINUOUS CRUISING: THE COURT JUDGEMENT CRT TRIED TO HIDE
A recent judgement in a Section 8 case confirms that it would be unlawful for Canal & River Trust (CRT) to set a minimum distance that continuous cruisers must travel to comply with the law. The judgement in the case of CRT v Mayers states that repeated journeys between the same two places would be […]
NATIONAL BARGEE TRAVELLERS ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING 22ND NOVEMBER 2014
1pm – 5pm Saturday 22nd November 2014 Watford Quaker Meeting House WD17 4QB TO DECIDE FUTURE ACTION AND CAMPAIGNING ****** TO SHARE NEWS AND REPORT ACTIVITIES ****** TO ELECT A NEW COMMITTEE ALL MEMBERS WELCOME! Membership is free / donation For membership information click here TO JOIN / BOOK A PLACE CONTACT secretariat@bargee-traveller.org.uk 0118 321 […]
NBTA LONDON MEETING, 25TH OCTOBER
The next National Bargee Travellers Association London meeting is on Saturday 25th October at 3pm at the Star of Kings, 126 York Way, Kings Cross, London N1 0AX. All are welcome. Please contact NBTALondon@gmail.com for more information about this meeting.