The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1952] 2 QB 55
[COURT OF APPEAL]
BURNELL
v.
DOWNHAM MARKET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
1952 Jan. 17,
18,
21;
Feb. 22.
Feb. 22.
Evershed M.R., Jenkins and Hodson L.JJ.
Rating
— Open space
— Rateable occupation
— Land conveyed to local authority as open space
— Used by sports clubs
— Exclusion of public for short periods
— Payment occasionally required for admission
— Occupation by public
— Whether local authority in beneficial occupation
—
Open Spaces Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 25), ss. 10, 15.