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Farmer (VO) and others v Buxted Poultry Ltd
Rates and rating — Exemption — Appellant owning and occupying 67 farms situated between a quarter of a mile and 120 miles from poultry processing factory and provender mill which…
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Westminster City Council v Haymarket Publishing Ltd
General Rate Act 1967 as amended, sections 17A and B–Incidence of liability for rates on unused commercial premises–Rating surcharge registered by plaintiff rating authority as a local land charge in…
Joanne Tenhave -
Post Office v Oxford City Council
General Rate Act 1967 as amended–Whether rating surcharge in respect of unused ‘commercial building’ under section 17A was payable on premises owned by Post Office–Exemption from surcharge claimed on ground…
Joanne Tenhave -
Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council v Shell UK Ltd and another ; Same v UKF Fertilisers Ltd and another ; Same v Burmah Oil Trading Ltd and another ; City of Chester Council v Shell UK Ltd and another ; Same v Burmah Oil Trading Ltd and ano
Rating–Five appeals by ratepayers to Court of Appeal from Lands Tribunal decisions–Very large sums involved–Jurisdiction of Lands Tribunal to increase assessments challenged–Figures agreed by ratepayers and valuation officer put before…
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Enfield London Borough v Woolls
Rating–Dispute as to which of two divorced parties was liable to pay rates on premises formerly the matrimonial home–Premises consisted of dwelling-house and garage–After divorce the court ordered wife’s rights…
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Windsor Securities Ltd v Liverpool City Council
General Rate Act 1967 as amended by Local Government Act 1974–Unoccupied rate and penal rating surcharge–Important decision on principles governing relief–Discussion of meaning of ‘hardship’–Commercial premises purchased for development–Difficulties in…
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Electricity Supply Nominees Ltd v Sharma (Valuation Officer) and another
Rating — Application for judicial review following previous tangled procedure — The question which gave rise to present proceedings was whether the correct method of rating a ‘shopping city’ or…
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PP 2000/69
Unoccupied property – industrial hereditament. From breathless whispers in town hall corridors it may be gathered that relief from the rating of unoccupied premises may be obtained where the property…