Repayment of rates
Language: English Series: Times ; 18/3/88, p30Publication details: 1988Subject(s): Summary: In R v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council Ex parte Chetnik Developments Ltd , HL 17 March 1988, it was held that where General Rate Act 1967 s9 authorised a refund of an amount paid in respect of rates in compliance with a demand which the ratepayer might successfully have resisted the rating authority should not retain such payments unless there were special circumstances in which a particular overpayment was made such as to justify retention.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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In R v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council Ex parte Chetnik Developments Ltd , HL 17 March 1988, it was held that where General Rate Act 1967 s9 authorised a refund of an amount paid in respect of rates in compliance with a demand which the ratepayer might successfully have resisted the rating authority should not retain such payments unless there were special circumstances in which a particular overpayment was made such as to justify retention.