Avon County Council v Buscott

Subject Matter

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Action by local authority — Local authority land unlawfully occupied by persons claiming to be gipsies — Local authority instituting proceedings for possession — Alleged breach of duty to provide caravan sites — Defendants challenging decision to institute proceedings — Whether open to defendants to challenge reasonableness of decision in possession proceedings — Whether defendants obliged to bring separate proceedings for judicial review

[1988] QB 656; [1988] 2 WLR 788