Compulsory purchase
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PP 2004/13
In Waters v Welsh Development Authority [2002] EWCA Civ 924; [2002] 2 EGLR 107, Carnwath LJ said “The right to compensation for compulsory purchase is a basic property right.
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Ainsdale Investments Ltd v First Secretary of State and another
Compulsory purchase — Compulsory purchase order — Validity — Acquisition under section 17 of the Housing Act 1985 for housing purposes — Property containing ground-floor commercial use — Commercial use…
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Ainsdale Investments Ltd v First Secretary of State and another
Acquisition of land — Compulsory purchase order — Property used for mixed residential and commercial purposes — Whether local authority having power to acquire commercial part for residential purposes –…
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Waters and others v Welsh Development Agency
Compensation for compulsory purchase — Ransom value — Whether appellants able to claim compensation for land on basis of increased value attributable to acquiring authority’s need for it — Extent…
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Ryde International plc v London Regional Transport
Appellant developing land for housing — Respondent compulsorily purchasing land — Manner in which compensation falling to be assessed under rr (2) and (6) of section 5 of Land Compensation…
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Christos and another v Secretary of State for Transport
Compulsory purchase — Agreement — Offer to acquire — Acquiring authority offering £0.5m “subject to contract” — Offer accepted — Claimants purchasing new property in reliance upon representations by acquiring…
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Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council v Watkins
Compulsory purchase — Possession — Adverse possession — Deed poll vesting title with acquiring authority — Expropriatee in adverse possession of land prior to deed poll — Section 77 of…
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Railtrack plc v Guinness Ltd
Compulsory purchase — Compensation — Willing seller — Acquisition of rights over railway line — Characteristics of hypothetical seller — Meaning of “willing seller” in r2 of section 5 of…
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Christos and another v Secretary of State for Transport
Compulsory purchase — Compensation — Whether parties concluding binding contract on amount of compensation — Whether appellant acquiring authority estopped from disputing agreed valuation — Whether compensation to be reduced…
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BP Oil UK Ltd v Kent County Council
Respondents purchasing appellant’s land by way of compulsory purchase order — Parties agreeing terms by later agreement — Appellant applying to Lands Tribunal for determination of compensation — Limitation Act…
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Purfleet Farms Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Lands Tribunal — Costs — Equivalence principle — Relevance of CPR guidance on award of costs — Award substantially below appellant’s valuation — Whether tribunal entitled to reduce costs recoverable…
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R (on the application of Lock and others) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and another
Compulsory purchase order — Validity — Human rights — Article 8 of Convention — Inspector concluding that breach of Article 8 a possibility where occupiers having no alternative relocation property…