Robins (E) & Son Ltd v Minister of Health

Subject Matter

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.