The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1977] QB 411
[COURT OF APPEAL]
SOVMOTS INVESTMENTS LTD. v. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND ANOTHER
BROMPTON SECURITIES LTD.
v.
SAME
1975 June 9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
16,
17,
18,
19;
July 16
1976 June 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18;
July 9
July 16
1976 June 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18;
July 9
Forbes J. Megaw, Lawton and Browne L.JJ.
Housing
— Compulsory purchase
— “House”
— Maisonettes on upper floors of office building never occupied
— Whether “houses” and “land” local authority empowered to acquire
— Ancillary rights over other parts of building necessary to enable maisonettes to be used as dwellings
— Whether ancillary rights required to be specified in compulsory purchase order
— Validity of agreement to acquire leasehold interest only
— Right of Secretary of State to confirm order
—
Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6, c. 49), Sch. 1, paras. 2, 15
[1]
—
Housing Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2, c. 56), ss. 92 (1) (c). 96 (b), 97 (1), 189 (1)
[2]