Brown and Others v City of London Corporation

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1996
Date1996
Year1996
CourtChancery Division
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5 cases
  • Re Trident Fashions Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 2 March 2007
    ...agent of the company ( Ratford v Northavon DC [1987] QB 357) nor are they payable as an expense of the receivership ( In re Sobam BV [1996] 1 BCLC 446). The right to distrain on the defaulter's goods on the premises would not assist the local authority. It has been held not to be available......
  • Hurstwood Properties (A) Ltd and Others v Rossendale Borough Council and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 2021
    ... ... ; [ 2011 ] 1 WLR 1546 ; [ 2011 ] 4 All ER 721 , SC(E) Brown v City of London Corpn [ 1996 ] 1 WLR 1070 ; [ 1996 ] 1 BCLC ... ...
  • Rossendale Borough Council v Hurstwood Properties (A) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 7 March 2019
    ...entitled to possession of it”. As entitlement to possession connotes the exclusive entitlement to occupy the property (see Brown v City of London Corporation [1996] 1 WLR 1070 at 1080 per Arden J), it is not in dispute that the tenant under a lease of a property is the “owner” for these pu......
  • Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust and Another v Birmingham City Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 10 July 2014
    ...currently have – a right to immediate possession. In this regard, Mr Taylor relies on Brown v City of London Corporation (Re Solomon) [1996] 1 WLR 1070 at page 1082H-1083A per Arden J (as she then was), where she says: "… [A] person is entitled to possession for the purposes of section 65(1......
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