Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
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Leighton & Newman Car Sales Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Enforcement notice prohibits display or sale of cars on ‘forecourt’ of garage premises–Definition of ‘forecourt’–Not limited to area immediately surrounding pumps–Further point on agreement between advocates at planning inquiry–Additional evidence…
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Wild and another v Secretary of State for the Environment
Enforcement notice–Sole issue whether development occurred before January 1 1964–Evidence each way before inspector–No error of law on part of inspector or Secretary of State–Owner’s appeal dismissed
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R v Kensington and Chelsea Rent Tribunal, ex parte Barrett
Jurisdiction of rent tribunal–Whether applicant to tribunal had the status of a tenant or contractual licensee at date of application–Applicant the deserted wife of a person whose holiday tenancy had…
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Cooke and others v Talbot
Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954–Case stated by agricultural land tribunal under section 6–Consent to notice to quit–Allegation of "greater hardship" by landlords–Previous abortive certificate of bad husbandry proceedings–Tribunal not entitled…
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Becker v Thames Valley Rent Tribunal
Vexatious litigant needs leave of court or judge to appeal from decision of a rent tribunal
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R v Fenny Stratford Justices, ex parte Watney Mann (Midlands) Ltd
Noise abatement order may impose a decibel level, but must require a suitable standpoint from which the meter reading is to be taken, or it will be void for uncertainty
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Salford City Council v McNally
An occupier of ‘patched-up’ housing in a clearance area may apply under section 99 of the Public Health Act 1936 for a nuisance order, which must be made on proof…
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Bromsgrove District Council v Carthy and another
Land without site licence used by gypsies without permission from owners–Nature of ‘reasonable steps’ to be taken by owners to evict occupiers–Physical force not required–Legal action may be, and justices…
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Day and others v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Town and Country Planning Act 1971, section 246–Appeal on point of law against decision of Secretary of State for the Environment upholding enforcement notice served by planning authority–Change of use…
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Metropolitan Property Holdings Ltd v Laufer and others
Fair rents –‘Perverse’ of rent committee to ignore ‘abundant expert evidence’ tendered on behalf of landlords? –No–‘Typical simple case’ in which landlords said £x, tenants £y, and committee were entitled…
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National Coal Board v Thorne
Nuisance order quashed–Interference with situation of occupier alone insufficient to constitute nuisance–Betts v Penge UDC held to have been overruled by the House of Lords in McNally’s case–Nuisance means a…
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Turley and another v Panton and another
Joint tenants must all act together in referring the rent of the demised premises to a tribunal