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Liability on unoccupied property

Language: English Series: Times ; 10/3/87 p9Publication details: 1987Subject(s): Summary: In Trendworthy Two Ltd v Islington London Borough Council , CA 5 March 1987, it was held that the owner of a new building would not become liable to pay unoccupied property rates for the period it remained unoccupied, until the hereditament and its rateable value had been entered on the valuation list; unlike occupied premises, liability did not arise upon the VO proposing a rateable value to enter on the list.
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In Trendworthy Two Ltd v Islington London Borough Council , CA 5 March 1987, it was held that the owner of a new building would not become liable to pay unoccupied property rates for the period it remained unoccupied, until the hereditament and its rateable value had been entered on the valuation list; unlike occupied premises, liability did not arise upon the VO proposing a rateable value to enter on the list.