As above. Judicial review isn't performed by "local courts". But you could sue for damages, as with "failure to maintain", and statutory duty would then be very relevant.Steady rider wrote: ↑25 Apr 2021, 9:16am https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/19 ... %20of%20it.
.130 Protection of public rights.
(1)It is the duty of the highway authority to assert and protect the rights of the public to the use and enjoyment of any highway for which they are the highway authority, including any roadside waste which forms part of it
Possibly a local court could hear a case of the HBB not following the law. They have their reasons and a case could be made to say they could have taken alternative measures to cater for the situation.
Jonathan