British Muslims Association and others v SoS Environment and another
Language: English Series: Property and Compensation Reports ; (1988) 55 PCR 208-213(9)Publication details: 1988Subject(s): Summary: QBD 20 July 1987. The second respondent, a county council, made a compulsory purchase order on a hotel, owned by one of the applicants. At an inquiry into the cpo, an inspector held a conversation with officers of the council in the absence of the applicants. The owner and two tenants of the property applied for judicial review to quash the cpo on the grounds that it was vitiated by the appearance of bias . The application was allowed on the basis that a reasonable person, observing what happened, could have drawn the conclusion that a procedural unfairness indicative of bias had occurred despite the fact that the conversation had been a casual one as might occur in the normal course of a site inspection.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Law report | London Journal article | ABS39045 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 14018-1001 |
QBD 20 July 1987. The second respondent, a county council, made a compulsory purchase order on a hotel, owned by one of the applicants. At an inquiry into the cpo, an inspector held a conversation with officers of the council in the absence of the applicants. The owner and two tenants of the property applied for judicial review to quash the cpo on the grounds that it was vitiated by the appearance of bias . The application was allowed on the basis that a reasonable person, observing what happened, could have drawn the conclusion that a procedural unfairness indicative of bias had occurred despite the fact that the conversation had been a casual one as might occur in the normal course of a site inspection.