Sovmots Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment

Additional names

Brompton Securities Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment

Subject Matter

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

Appellate History

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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