The claimant appealed against valuations by the defendants. They complained that the statute imposed a duty on them to alter the rating lists to accpord with agreements as to their value.
Held: The statute imposed no time scale for the defendants to implement the changes. What time was proper therefore required the court to look at all the circumstances. Indeed in this case the claimants could establish any right to have the lists changed at all.
Judges:
Lord Justice Clarke Vice-Chancellor, The Vice-Chancellor Lord Justice Dyson
Citations:
[2004] EWCA Civ 967, Times 09-Sep-2004
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Statutes:
Local Government Finance Act 1988
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Rating
Updated: 11 June 2022; Ref: scu.199487