Published on Thursday 19 April 2012 17:00
A BITTER legal battle between locals and a one-time lord of the manor over a wild stretch of moorland this week ended in final defeat for the villagers in London’s High Court.
The five-year-long dispute – which turned on 360 acres of fell land at the highest point in Lancashire – pitted five residents of the village of Ireby against ex-banker, Peter Burton, and his partner, Susa… (View original article)