'Captured the public zeitgeist': Court to hear appeal against England wild camping ban

Dartmoor ruling has sparked mass trespasses that may lead to biggest shake-up of land rights in a generationWhen wealthy hedge fund manager Alexander Darwall won a court case to stop people wild camping on his land in Dartmoor national park in January, he could not have imagined that it would spark a mass uprising and what may turn out to be the biggest shake-up of land rights in a generation.This week, the owner of the 1,619-hectare (4,000-acre) Blachford estate on southern Dartmoor, which offers pheasant shoots, deerstalking and holiday rentals, will be back in the headlines after the national park won the right to appeal against the high court ruling. Continue reading...