Toussaint v Attorney General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: PC 16 Jul 2007

(Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) The claimant complained of the compulsory purchase of his land. He alleged that the compulsory purchase was discriminatory or illegitimate expropriation: an allegation of impropriety. He sought to base this on statements made in parliament.
Held: He was entitled to rely on the Minister’s statement to show what was the true motivation for the compulsory purchase. He was not challenging the truth of what had been stated in parliament.

Judges:

Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Lord Mance

Citations:

[2007] UKPC 48, [2007] 1 WLR 2825

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

Commonwealth

Cited by:

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CitedChaytor and Others, Regina v CACD 30-Jul-2010
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Updated: 11 July 2022; Ref: scu.258323