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035 _a(Sirsi) u101052
245 _aHepworth Building Projects v Coal Authority
260 _c1999
490 _aEstates Gazette Law Reports
_v[1999] 41 EG 157-159(3)
520 _aCA 2 July 1999. Lands Tribunal. H owned a property damaged by mining subsidence. In November 1979 it claimed compensation under the Coal Industry Act 1975. In July 1982 H rejected a open offer to settle for £35,000. By November 1989, C withdrew an earlier sealed offer and offered £100,000 as compensation. The case was concerned with the withdrawal of sealed offers. Whether tribunal entitled to have regard to withdrawn sealed offers. Remitted second hearing. Whether tribunal allowed to have regard to offers made prior to first hearing in relation to costs of second hearing. Held, the appeal was allowed in part. The November 1989 offer letter was relevant, but not decisive on the questions of costs.
590 _aABS
650 _aCOSTS
650 _aSEALED OFFERS
650 _aHEPWORTH BUILDING PROJECTS V COAL AUTHORITY
650 _aMINING
650 _aSUBSIDENCE
650 _aDAMAGE
650 _aCOMPENSATION
690 _aPROPERTY LAW AND PRACTICE-CASE LAW
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999 _c60294
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