Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Bromley London Borough Council

Subject Matter

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Property — Ownership — Claimant local authority seeking to sell sculpture located within its area — Defendant local authority claiming ownership of sculpture as successor to body in which sculpture vested — Determination of sculpture’s owner — London Government Act 1939, s 157 — London Government Act 1963, s 23 — Greater London Council (Transfer of Land and Housing Accommodation) (No 3) Order 1981, art 2(2)

[2015] EWHC 1954 (Ch); [2015] LGR 622; [2015] CN 1223, Ch D

LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Property — Ownership — Sculpture — Consequential matters

[2015] EWHC 2271 (Ch); [2015] CN 1367, Ch D

Legislation Considered

Statutes

London Government Act 1963 (c 33), s 23

London Government Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo 6, c 40), s 157

Statutory Instruments

Greater London Council (Transfer of Land and Housing Accommodation) (No 3) Order (SI 1981/644), art 2(2)

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Bromley London Borough Council [2015] EWHC 1954 (Ch); [2015] LGR 622; [2015] CN 1223, Ch D

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Bromley London Borough Council [2015] EWHC 1954 (Ch); [2015] LGR 622; [2015] CN 1223, Ch D

Akumah v Hackney London Borough Council [2005] UKHL 17; [2005] 1 WLR 985; [2005] 2 All ER 148; [2005] LGR 399, HL(E)

Ashville Investments Ltd v Elmer Contractors Ltd [1989] QB 488; [1988] 3 WLR 867; [1988] 2 All ER 577, CA

De Falbe, In re [1901] 1 Ch 523, CA

Elitestone Ltd v Morris [1997] 1 WLR 687; [1997] 2 All ER 513, HL(E)

Fouldes v Willoughby (1841) 8 M&W 540

In Re An Arbitration Between Ellis and The Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Council [1920] 1 KB 343, CA

Kuwait Airways Corpn v Iraqi Airways Co (Nos 4 and 5) [2002] UKHL 19; [2002] 2 AC 883; [2002] 2 WLR 1353; [2002] 3 All ER 209; [2002] 1 All ER (Comm) 843, HL(E)

Kuwait Airways Corpn v Iraqi Airways Co (Nos 4 and 5) [2002] 2 AC 883; [2001] 3 WLR 1117; [2001] 1 All ER (Comm) 557, CA

Leigh v Taylor [1902] AC 157, HL

Les Laboratoires Servier v Apotex Inc [2014] UKSC 55; [2015] AC 430; [2014] 3 WLR 1257; [2014] Bus LR 1217; [2015] 1 All ER 671; [2014] WLR (D) 452; Case details, SC(E)

R v Wrexham County Borough Council, Ex p Wall [2000] JPL 32, QBD

Revenue and Customs Comrs v Barclays Bank plc [2007] EWCA Civ 442; [2008] STC 476, CA

Cases cited in: Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Bromley London Borough Council [2015] EWHC 2271 (Ch); [2015] CN 1367, Ch D

Fox v Foundation Piling [2011] EWCA 790

HLB Kidsons v Lloyds Underwriters [2007] EWHC 2699

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets v The London Borough of Bromley [2015] EWHC 2271 (Ch), Ch D

Cases citing

Cases citing: Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Bromley London Borough Council [2015] EWHC 1954 (Ch); [2015] LGR 622; [2015] CN 1223, Ch D

Dill v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2020] UKSC 20; [2020] 1 WLR 2206; [2020] PTSR 907; [2020] 4 All ER 631; [2020] WLR (D) 303, SC(E)

Dill v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2018] EWCA Civ 2619; [2019] PTSR 1214; [2018] WLR (D) 752, CA

Meekey v Comr of Police of the Metropolis [2021] EWHC 34 (Admin); [2021] QB 773; [2021] 2 WLR 648; [2021] WLR(D) 27, QBD

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets v The London Borough Of Bromley [2015] EWHC 1954 (Ch), Ch D