Hearings
England & Wales
27 May 1994 [1995] QB 158; [1994] 3 WLR 1151; [1994] 4 All ER 1012; 93 LGR 59, CA
R v South Hams District Council, Ex parte Gibb
Additional names
Davies, Ex parte
Gibb, Ex parte
R v Gloucestershire County Council, Ex parte Davies
Rolls, Ex parte
See also
Subject Matter
LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Gipsies — Occupation of local authority land without authorisation — Occupiers claiming to be gipsies — Whether travelling for purposes of obtaining livelihood necessary — Whether for council to determine whether occupiers “gipsies” — Whether issue to be decided by court as precedent fact — Caravan Sites Act 1968, ss 6 (as amended by Local Government Act 1985, s 16, Sch 8, para 11), 16
[1995] QB 158; [1994] 3 WLR 1151; [1994] 4 All ER 1012; 93 LGR 59, CA
Appellate History
R v South Hams District Council, Ex parte Gibb (1993) 26 HLR 307
Decision of Harrison J affirmed
R v South Hams District Council, Ex parte Gibb [1995] QB 158; [1994] 3 WLR 1151; [1994] 4 All ER 1012; 93 LGR 59, CA