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R (Day) v Shropshire Council

Hearings

England & Wales

19 Dec 2019 [2019] EWHC 3539 (Admin), QBD (Lang J)

23 Dec 2020 [2020] EWCA Civ 1751; [2021] QB 1127; [2021] 2 WLR 1049; [2021] WLR(D) 7, CA (David Richards, Hickinbottom, Andrews LJJ)

15 Feb 2022 (appn all) [2022] 1 WLR 1851, SC(E) (Lord Kitchin, Lord Sales, Lord Leggatt JJSC)

01 Mar 2023 [2023] UKSC 8; [2023] AC 955; [2023] 2 WLR 599; [2023] 2 All ER 969; The Times, 13 March 2023, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Kitchin, Lord Hamblen, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose JJSC)

Subject Matter

PLANNING — Development — Planning permission

[2019] EWHC 3539 (Admin), QBD

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Sale of land — Town council selling land subject to trust for public recreation without complying with statutory requirements for sale of such land — Purchaser having no actual knowledge of existence of trust — Whether trust enforceable against purchaser — Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 55), s 164 — Open Spaces Act 1906 (6 Edw 7, c 25), s 10 — Local Government Act 1972 (c 70), ss 123(2A), 128(2)

[2020] EWCA Civ 1751; [2021] QB 1127; [2021] 2 WLR 1049; [2021] WLR(D) 7, CA

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Powers — Sale of land — Town council selling land subject to trust for public recreation without complying with statutory requirements for sale of such land — Whether trust enforceable against purchaser — Public Health Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 55), s 164 — Open Spaces Act 1906 (6 Edw 7, c 25), s 10 — Local Government Act 1972 (c 70), ss 123, 128(2)

[2023] UKSC 8; [2023] AC 955; [2023] 2 WLR 599; [2023] 2 All ER 969; The Times, 13 March 2023, SC(E)

Appellate History

R (Day) v Shropshire Council [2019] EWHC 3539 (Admin), QBD

Decision of Lang J affirmed

R (Day) v Shropshire Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1751; [2021] QB 1127; [2021] 2 WLR 1049; [2021] WLR(D) 7, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

R (Day) v Shropshire Council [2023] UKSC 8; [2023] AC 955; [2023] 2 WLR 599; [2023] 2 All ER 969; The Times, 13 March 2023, SC(E)

Commentary

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