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Valuation cannot be overturned

Language: English Series: Estates Gazette Case Summaries ; 1994) EGCS 125 (16/7/94)Publication details: 1994) EGCS 125 (16/7/94)Subject(s): Summary: "Ward Construction (Medway) Ltd v Barclays Bank plc and another"; "Barclays Bank plc v Kent CC" CA 1 July 1994. Although the valuation for compensation for the compulsory purchase of land for highway improvements for a residential development was high, there was no error in law to allow interference with the decision. The Pointe Gourde principle had been correctly applied and as for the Stokes `principle`, the use of this as a principle of valuation not law, was for the LT to decide.

"Ward Construction (Medway) Ltd v Barclays Bank plc and another"; "Barclays Bank plc v Kent CC" CA 1 July 1994. Although the valuation for compensation for the compulsory purchase of land for highway improvements for a residential development was high, there was no error in law to allow interference with the decision. The Pointe Gourde principle had been correctly applied and as for the Stokes `principle`, the use of this as a principle of valuation not law, was for the LT to decide.