In Re County Of London (Devons Road, Poplar) Housing Confirmation Order, 1945

Subject Matter

COMPULSORY PURCHASE — Compensation — War-damaged property — Payment into court of compensation — Difference between incumbrances to which property subject at time of war damage and at time of notice to treat — Incumbrances due to payer not deducted — Incumbrances to be taken into account in determining compensation — Application for payment out of excess — Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 18), ss. 76, 78 — War Damage Act, 1943 (6 & 7 Geo. 6, c. 21), Sch. II — Town and Country Planning Act, 1944 (7 & 8 Geo. 6, c. 47), Sch. VIII.

HOUSING — Dangerous structure — Metropolis — Whether charge upon land for cost of repairs — Land Charges Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 22), s. 15 — London Building Acts (Amendment) Act, 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6, c. xcvii), ss. 66, 70.

STATUTE — Construction — Erroneous view of law — Construction of section proceeding on — London Building Acts (Amendment) Act, 1939, s. 70.