A claimant’s claim for compensation on the compulsory acquisition of his land is but one claim for all those losses which flow from a compulsory acquisition of which the value of the land taken and any injury to retained land is but part of the compensation claim. The value of the land and the disturbance loss are no more than two inseparable elements of a single whole in that together they make up the value of the land to the owner
Judges:
Lord Bridge of Harwich
Citations:
Gazette 30-Jan-1991, [1991] 2 WLR 16, [1991] 1 AC 382
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Litster and Others v Forth Dry Dock and Engineering Co Ltd SCS 1988
(Second Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session) Twelve applicants worked for an employer who went into insolvent receivership. The receivers agreed to sell the business assets. An hour before completion the workers were dismissed and . .
Cited by:
Cited – Nicholls v Highways Agency LT 31-Dec-1997
LT COMPENSATION – simplified procedure – compulsory acquisition of grassland with hardstanding and shed – whether undertaking given at CPO inquiry that compensation would be assessed on cost of reinstatement – . .
Cited – Roberts v John Roberts (Bexley) Ltd LT 9-Aug-2005
LT COMPENSATION – compulsory purchase – preliminary issue – company owned and run by landowner carrying on business on land acquired – company closing business and ceasing occupation before vesting date – whether . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Land
Updated: 18 May 2022; Ref: scu.270270