Compulsory purchase
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Wrexham Maelor Borough Council v MacDougall and another
Disturbance payments — Compulsory acquisition of business premises — Compensation — Proper construction of provisions for disturbance payments where personal lessee in occupation but company engaged in business — Whether…
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Halstead v Manchester City Council
Compulsory acquisition of two churches – Council agreeing compensation figure based on cost of rebuilding one of them – Council meeting building cost by staged payments – Whether interest payable…
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Tesco Stores Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment Transport and the Regions and others
Council seeking to redevelop area of town centre – Council making compulsory purchase order authorising expropriation of claimant’s superstore – Claimant objecting – Inspector recommending order be confirmed – Secretary…
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Owen and another v Secretary of State for Transport (No 3)
Purchase of property — Proposed bypass — Secretary of State refusing to purchase property — Plaintiffs suffering loss — No compensation available under statute until completion of bypass — Plaintiffs…
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Wrotham Park Settled Estates v Hertsmere Borough Council
Injurious affection — Housing development by local authority — Breach of restrictive covenant for benefit of neighbour’s land — Amount of compensation — Whether neighbours entitled to diminution in value…
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R v Carmarthen District Council, ex parte Blewin Trust Ltd and another
Confirmed compulsory purchase order — Subject land also included in draft second compulsory purchase order — General vesting declaration including subject land — General vesting declaration depriving owners of rights…
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R v Commission for the New Towns, ex parte Tomkins and another
Land compulsorily purchased — Held for a new town — Land passed to the commission for disposal — Negotiations with previous owner — Guidelines on disposal of land — Whether…
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Owen v Secretary of State for Transport (No 3)
Purchase of property – Proposed bypass – Secretary of State refusing to purhase property – Plaintiffs suffering loss- No compensation available under statute until completion of bypass – Plaintiffs claiming…
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Freedman and others v British Railways Board and another Church Commissioners for England v Same and
Development land — Compulsory acquisition in 19th century for building of railway — Present-day development — Whether original owners from whom land compulsorily acquired entitled to buy back land from…
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Waltham Forest London Borough Council v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Issue of certificate — Land to be acquired for trunk road — Secretary of State for Environment deciding issue on basis of written evidence — Refusal to hold inquiry –…
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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Land required for waste disposal — Confirmation of compulsory purchase order — Publication of consultation paper on privatisation of waste disposal — Waste disposal authorities would no longer have control…
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Wildtree Hotels Ltd and others v Harrow London Borough Council
Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 – Railway bridge improvements effected over four-year period – Claimant’s hotel badly affected by noise, dust and vibration, as well as by restriction of access -…