Davy v Leeds Corporation: CA 1964

Harman LJ described the section as ‘monstrous legislative morass’ and ‘a Slough of Despond’.

Judges:

Harman LJ

Citations:

[1964] 3 All ER 390, [1964] 1 WLR 1218

Statutes:

Land Compensation Act 1961 6

Cited by:

Appeal fromDavy v Leeds Corporation HL 1965
The Corporation declared an area in which the appellants owned some slum houses to be a slum clearance area and made a compulsory purchase order. Compensation was to be assessed under the 1919 Act and the 1959 Act. The appellants were entitled to . .
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Land, Damages

Updated: 18 May 2022; Ref: scu.372347