The Glasgow Building Regulations Act 1900 confers in certain events power (section 20) on the Master of Works, and on appeal from him (section 21) on the Dean of Guild, to fix the ‘width’ of a street.
Held ( aff. judgment of the Court of Session) that the only width which the Master of Works, or, on appeal, the Dean of Guild, was empowered to fix was the actually existing width of the street.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor ( Loreburn), Lord Macnaghten, Lord Robertson, and Lord Atkinson
Citations:
[1907] UKHL 392, 44 SLR 392
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Land
Updated: 27 April 2022; Ref: scu.622282