16 Jul 1975 [1977] QB 411; [1976] 2 WLR 73; [1976] 1 All ER 178; 74 LGR 95, QBD (Forbes J)
09 Jul 1976 [1977] QB 411; [1976] 3 WLR 597; [1976] 3 All ER 720; 74 LGR 556, CA
28 Apr 1977 [1979] AC 144; [1977] 2 WLR 951; [1977] 2 All ER 385; 75 LGR 510, HL(E)
HOUSING — Compulsory purchase — “House” — Maisonettes on upper floors of office building never occupied — Whether “houses” and “land” local authority empowered to acquire — Ancillary rights over other parts of building necessary to enable maisonettes to be used as dwellings — Whether such rights “appurtenances belonging thereto” — Whether power to acquire — Ancillary rights — Whether required to be specified in compulsory purchase order — Validity of agreement to acquire leasehold interest only — Right of Secretary of State to confirm order — Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, Sch 1, paras 2, 15 — Housing Act 1957, ss 92 (1) (c), 96 (b), 97 (1), 189 (1)
[1977] QB 411; [1979] AC 144; [1976] 2 WLR 73; [1976] 3 WLR 597; [1977] 2 WLR 951
Sovmots Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1977] QB 411; [1976] 2 WLR 73; [1976] 1 All ER 178; 74 LGR 95, QBD
Decision of Forbes J reversed
Sovmots Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1977] QB 411; [1976] 3 WLR 597; [1976] 3 All ER 720; 74 LGR 556, CA
Sovmots Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1977] QB 411; [1976] 3 WLR 597; [1976] 3 All ER 720; 74 LGR 556, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
Sovmots Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1979] AC 144; [1977] 2 WLR 951; [1977] 2 All ER 385; 75 LGR 510, HL(E)
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