Dartmoor camping ban could hit birdwatchers and climbers, court told

There is an assumed right under the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 to wild camp in the whole national park. Photograph: M Hallahan/500px/Getty Images/500px Plus

Banning wild camping on Dartmoor could also end up affecting birdwatching and rock climbing, lawyers for the national park have said, as a landowner tries to stop people sleeping overnight in the park.

The judge hearing the case, Sir Julian Flaux, the chancellor of the high court, has said he will give a judgment on the case early next year.