Attorney-Geneeral v Manchester Corporation

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1931
Date1931
CourtChancery Division
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6 cases
  • Blake v Hendon Corporation
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 28 July 1961
    ...proposition must, we think, be attributed in some measure to the misuse in this connection of the term "dedication". In Attorney-General v. Manchester Corporation (1931 1 Chancery, 254) Mr. Justice Maugham, at page 267, said: "I am not convinced that the word 'dedication' is really an appro......
  • Dowty Boulton Paul Ltd v Wolverhampton Corporation (No. 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 28 February 1973
    ...of aircraft requiring flight testing. 6 The Corporation contended, upon the basis of the decision of Mr. Justice Maugham in Attorney-General v. Manchester Corporation (1931 1 Chancery, 254), that the question whether the land was not relevantly required was for the decision of the local aut......
  • R Jonathan Adamson v Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 9 May 2019
    ...J (later Viscount Maugham who became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and served as the last pre-war Lord Chancellor) decided Attorney-General v. Manchester Corporation [1931] 1 Ch 254. His decision confirmed (at 269) that the law remained as in the Court of Appeal's decision in the Hanwell Ur......
  • Decision Nº ACQ 320 2010. Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), 30-08-2012
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
    • 30 August 2012
    ...Corpn (No 2) [1976] Ch13 Burkinshaw v Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Co (1850) 5 Exch Rep 475 Attorney-General v Manchester Corpn [1931] Ch 254 DECISION ON PRELIMINARY Introduction The claimant in this reference is the owner of a furniture shop at 53/55 High Street at Dereham in Nor......
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