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Bathing, sea. There is no Common Law right in the public to use the sea-shore for bathing. So held (diss. Best, J.) in Blundell v. Catterall, (1821) 5 B & Ald 268, followed by the Court of Appeal in Brinckman v. Matley, (1904) 2 Ch 313. Local authorities may make regulations as to bathing by virtue of ss. 231-234 of the Public Health Act, 1936.