A company was granted a licence to enter on land, for surveys and technical investigations, with a view eventually to its purchase. The land was occupied by protesters, and the company sought an injunction to exclude them. It was held that the licence did not give a right to occupy the land to the exclusion of others, and therefore, they had insufficient degree of occupation of the land to found an application to exclude the protesters. Something beyond just the right to enter the land is required. ‘he places emphasis on the fact that the right is to enter and occupy. It seems to me that there is a clear difference between a licence granted for the purpose of access, which does not provide effective control over the land, and a license to occupy which does.’
Judges:
Aldous and Waller LJJ and Rougier J
Citations:
Gazette 28-Apr-2000, Times 04-Apr-2000, (2001) 81 PandC R 10
Statutes:
Rules of the Supreme Court Order 113
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Manchester Airport Plc v Dutton; Longmire; Stoddard; Maile and Persons Unknown CA 4-Mar-1999
The claimant wished to construct a new runway on its own land, and it was necessary to carry out works, namely, that trees on nearby land should be lopped or felled so that they would not constitute an obstruction to the flight path. The claimant . .
Cited by:
Cited – Alamo Housing Co-operative Ltd v Meredith and others CA 4-Apr-2003
The local authority had let a row of houses to the claimant who then sublet the individual houses to the defendant tenants. The authority obtained possession under the head lease for redevelopment, but the tenants resisted giving possession, saying . .
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Land, Litigation Practice
Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.79535