Hearings
England & Wales
29 Oct 1956 [1957] 1 QB 294; [1956] 3 WLR 911, CA
Paddington Borough Council v War Damage Commission
Subject Matter
COMPULSORY PURCHASE — Compensation — War-damaged property — Total destruction of premises — Determination to make cost of works payment — Notional reinstatement — Assessment of compensation “If the damage had been made good” — Meaning — Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 51), s. 53.
[1957] 1 QB 294; [1956] 3 WLR 911, CA
WAR — War damage — Cost of works payment — Total loss — Discretion to make cost of works payment exercised — Decision communicated to landowner — Damage not made good — Compulsory purchase — Whether decision binding — War Damage Act, 1943 (6 & 7 Geo. 6, c. 21), ss. 8, 20 (1).