Hearings
England & Wales
13 Feb 1987 [1987] 1 WLR 593; 85 LGR 713, CA
17 Mar 1988 (pet all) [1988] AC 858; [1987] 1 WLR 606d; [1988] 2 WLR 654; [1988] 1 All ER 961; 86 LGR 321, HL(E)
R v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, Ex p Chetnik Developments Ltd
Subject Matter
RATING — Overpayment — Refusal of refund — Discretion to repay where no liability to pay — Whether discretion unfettered — Whether regard to be had to purpose of conferring discretion — General Rate Act 1967, s 9(1)
Appellate History
R v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, Ex p Chetnik Developments Ltd [1985] RVR 87
Decision of Mann J reversed
R v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, Ex p Chetnik Developments Ltd [1987] 1 WLR 593; 85 LGR 713, CA
R v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, Ex p Chetnik Developments Ltd [1987] 1 WLR 593; 85 LGR 713, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
R v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, Ex p Chetnik Developments Ltd [1988] AC 858; [1987] 1 WLR 606d; [1988] 2 WLR 654; [1988] 1 All ER 961; 86 LGR 321, HL(E)