Bennett v Northampton BC
Language: English Series: Rating & Valuation Reporter ; (1989) 29 RVR 114-120(7)Publication details: 1989Subject(s): Summary: LT 20 February 1989 Reference to decide the compensation payable by the council to the claimant on the compulsory purchase of the claimant`s leasehold interest in premises used for a residential estate agency business. LT held that the leasehold interest should be valued as a business and not as a shop; sum awarded was £2,000. A sum of £7,365.78 was awarded for disturbance and compensation for temporary loss of profits was £4,161.25, based on 25 house sales at the average fee for 1972 of 166.45. The claimant had not established a case for permanent loss of profits due to dispossession. Compensation payable by the council was 13,550.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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LT 20 February 1989 Reference to decide the compensation payable by the council to the claimant on the compulsory purchase of the claimant`s leasehold interest in premises used for a residential estate agency business. LT held that the leasehold interest should be valued as a business and not as a shop; sum awarded was £2,000. A sum of £7,365.78 was awarded for disturbance and compensation for temporary loss of profits was £4,161.25, based on 25 house sales at the average fee for 1972 of 166.45. The claimant had not established a case for permanent loss of profits due to dispossession. Compensation payable by the council was 13,550.