The Weekly Law Reports
[1982] 2 WLR 580
[COURT OF APPEAL]
REGINA
v.
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT,
Ex parte
NORWICH CITY COUNCIL
1982 Jan. 22,
25,
26,
27;
Feb. 9
Feb. 9
Lord Denning M.R., Kerr and May L.JJ.
Crown
— Minister, determination by
— Whether subject to review by courts
— Sale of homes to local authority tenants
— Authority's delay in implementing sales' procedure
— Minister's intervention
— Whether valid
—
Housing Act 1980 (c. 51), s. 23 (1)
Local Government
— Powers
— Housing
— Sale of homes to council tenants
— Notice of purchase price
— Service “as soon as practicable”
— Whether proper to use district valuer to assess price
— Whether tenants having difficulty in exercising right to buy
— Secretary of State's intervention
— Whether valid
—
Housing Act 1980, ss. 10 (1), 11 (1), 23 (1)