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035			_a(Sirsi) u121468
245			_aRhondda Cynon Taff BC v Watkins
260			_c2003
490			_aEstates Gazette Case Summaries _v[2003] EG 130 (CS) (1)
490			_aRating and Valuation Reporter _v[2003] RVR 224-232(9)
520			_a[2003] EWCA Civ 129, 12 February 2003. The respondent council's predecessors made a compulsory purchase order for the appellant's (W) land to provide a public open space. The compulsory purchase was governed by the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 which incorporated provisions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845. The council entered into possession in 1966 but W reoccupied the land shortly afterwards. The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 ss76-77entitled the council to pay compensation money into court and execute a deed poll vesting the land in themselves. In 2000 the respondent council (R) brought possession proceedings. W maintained R's claim to the land was time barred under the Limitation Act 1980 s15 because W had more than 12 year's adverse possession. W also claimed that the deed poll was invalid as the land was never used for a public space. Judgment for R. W appealed. "Held": appeal allowed in part. W's argument disputing the validity of the deed should have been allowed as this may have prevented R from succeeding on the limitation point. View judgment at www.courtservice.gov.uk.
590			_aABS
650			_aRHONDDA CYNON TAFF BC V WATKINS
650			_aCOMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDERS
650			_aLIMITATION ACT 1980
650			_aDEED POLL
650			_aADVERSE POSSESSION
650			_aLAND CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION ACT 1845
650			_aACQUISITION OF LAND (AUTHORISATION PROCEDURE) ACT 1946
690			_aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT-COMPULSORY PURCHASE AND COMPENSATION
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