The Law Reports (King's Bench Division)
[1939] 1 KB 520
[COURT OF APPEAL]
E. ROBINS & SON, LIMITED
v.
MINISTER OF HEALTH.
In re
BRIGHTON (EVERTON PLACE AREA) HOUSING ORDER, 1937.
1938 Nov. 16,
17.
SLESSER, MACKINNON and FINLAY L.JJ.
Local government
— Housing
— Clearance area
— Resolution of local authority to secure clearance by purchasing land in area
— Determination of local authority to purchase not by agreement but compulsorily
— Compulsory purchase order
— Objection by owner of land in area that order is unnecessary, inequitable and prejudicial
— Public local inquiry
— Confirmation of order by Minister of Health
— Power of local authority to make and of Minister to confirm compulsory purchase order though injurious to owners or occupiers
— Functions of local authority and Minister, how far ministerial or judicial
—
Housing Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 51), s. 25, sub-ss. 1, 3 (a), (b); s. 29; First Schedule; Second Schedule, para. 2.