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Local Authorities: Testing the limits of ultra vires
Peter Levaggi and Alison Crabbe examine a case where a local authority tried unsuccessfully to evade its contractual obligations The High Court had found that Cornwall’s purported breach of fiduciary duty resided solely in the local authorities’ failure to have regard for market rents. It is an unattractive feature of public law that allows public …
Cases Referenced
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- Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 1 All ER 208
- Bromley LBC v Greater London Council [1983] 1 AC 768
- Charles Terence Estates Ltd v Cornwall Council [2012] EWCA Civ 1439
- Credit Suisse v Allerdale Borough Council [1996] 3 WLR 894