The Weekly Law Reports
[2023] 2 WLR 599
Supreme Court
Rex (Day)
v
Shropshire Council
[2023] UKSC 8
2022 Dec 7; 2023 March 1
Lord Reed PSC, Lord Kitchin, Lord Hamblen, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose JJSC
Local government— Powers— Sale of land— Town council selling land subject to trust for public recreation without complying with statutory requirements for sale of such land— Whether trust enforceable against purchaser—
Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 55), s 164
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Open Spaces Act 1906 (6 Edw 7, c 25), s 10
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Local Government Act 1972 (c 70), ss 123, 128(2)