Denise Chicoine of Englander & Chicoine P.C. is a guest on the Radio Entrepreneurs podcast and shares on the sandy subject of beach use rights and land access in Maine and Massachusetts. Title: “Beaches &
The Blizzard of 2013 reportedly topped the charts as one of the five worst snowstorms in New England history. While Mother Nature dumped over two feet of white powder throughout the region, she also reclaimed
Have you ever set out on a long walk down the beach, only to stop short when a sign indicates that a portion of the beach is private property? Does the homeowner own the beach
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Englander & Chicoine P.C. represented aquaculture farmers who had been sued for trespass almost twenty years ago. Englander & Chicoine’s research uncovered that the Plaintiff did not own the tidal flats. The shell fishermen bought
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Ed Englander was quoted as a beach rights expert in a front page story in the Boston Globe about a land dispute in Falmouth, MA. Read the article “Falmouth wall divides land, sea, neighbors”
In all three of these cases, the courts addressed beach rights in a seashore subdivision known as Hyannis Park. The courts affirmed the existence of an implied easement benefitting all backlot owners to use the
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a group of our clients regarding beach rights in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The appellate ruling in Leahy v. Graveline upholds the victory our firm secured for our
A unique case involving claims by upland owners that aquaculture on the tidal flats constitutes a trespass. The Appeals Court upheld the trial court ruling that, on the facts presented, a Land Court registration decree
The Land Court reviewed the Colonial Ordinance of 1641 in this case involving claims by multiple backlot owners to use the beach in a seashore subdivision known as Silver Spring. The Land Court found the
