Smithfield ownership battle resolved
Smithfield ownership battle resolved
- 1992
- Guardian 7 May 1992, 3 Financial Times 7 May 1992, 13(1) .
The HC has upheld the City of London claim to ownership of Smithfield market overturning the Crown Estates Commissioners claim that a charter signed by Charles I in 1638 returned ownership to the Crown. Discusses the implications for the Smithfield tenants opposition to City plans to move Smithfield market to New Covent Garden in Nine Elms.
CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION
CROWN ESTATES COMMISSIONERS
LONDON MARKETS
SMITHFIELD MARKET
The HC has upheld the City of London claim to ownership of Smithfield market overturning the Crown Estates Commissioners claim that a charter signed by Charles I in 1638 returned ownership to the Crown. Discusses the implications for the Smithfield tenants opposition to City plans to move Smithfield market to New Covent Garden in Nine Elms.
CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION
CROWN ESTATES COMMISSIONERS
LONDON MARKETS
SMITHFIELD MARKET