Blaenau Gwent Borough Council v Sabz Ali Khan
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 04 May 1993 |
| Date | 04 May 1993 |
| Court | Family Division |
Queen's Bench Divisional Court
Building - "person carrying out the work"
The owner of premises could be "the person carrying out the work" within the meaning of regulation 14(3) of the Building Regulations (SI 1985 No 1065) if he had authorised and commissioned the work. Regulation 14(3) did not necessarily apply solely to the person who physically carried out the work.
The Queen's Bench Divisional Court (Lord Justice Stuart-Smith and Justice Potts) so held on April 21 when allowing an appeal by way of case stated by Blaenau Gwent Borough Council in respect of the adjudication of Merthyr Tydfil Justices allowing Sabz Ali Khan's appeal on the basis that, inter alia, nothing in the regulations stated that the owner of the premises was to be deemed to be "the person carrying out the work" merely by reason of his ownership of the premises where such work was carried out.
LORD JUSTICE STUART-SMITH said that too...
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