Decision Nº LRA 50 2005. Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), 15-09-2006
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | George Bartlett QC PresidentMr Paul Francis FRICSHis Honour Judge Michael Rich QC |
| Date | 15 September 2006 |
| Court | Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) |
| Judgement Number | LRA 50 2005 |
LRA/50/2005
LRA/9/2005
LRA/117&131/2005
LRA/38&40/2005
LRA/63/2005
LANDS TRIBUNAL ACT 1949
LEASEHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT
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preliminary issues – deferment rate – determination
of deferment rate – Arbib v Earl Cadogan considered – deferment rate of 4.75% applied to
houses and 5% applied to flats – guidance on this
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hope value – whether hope of releasing
share of marriage value relevant in collective enfranchisement – held hope value excluded –
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 Sch 6 para 3 – method of
assessment of hope value when not excluded
IN THE MATTER of APPEALS against DECISIONS of the LEASEHOLD
VALUATION TRIBUNAL of the LONDON RENT ASSESSMENT PANEL
BETWEEN EARL CADOGAN AND Appellants
CADOGAN ESTATES LIMITED
and
(1) MICHELE FRANCESCO SPORTELLI Respondents
(2) LARA-LYNN VICTORIA LAMONT SPORTELLI
Re: Flat 14, 85 Cadogan Gardens, London SW3 2RD
(LRA/50/2005)
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BETWEEN EARL CADOGAN AND Appellants
CADOGAN ESTATES LIMITED
and
(1) 27/29 SLOANE GARDENS LIMITED Respondents
(2) WAYHIL MAHDI
Re: 27/29 Sloane Gardens, London SW1W 8EB
(LRA/9/2005)
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BETWEEN EARL CADOGAN AND Appellants
CADOGAN ESTATES LIMITED
and
GRANDEDEN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED Respondents
Re: 59 Cadogan Square & 105 Cadogan Gardens
London SW1X OHZ
(LRA/117/2005 & LRA/131/2005)
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BETWEEN HOWARD DE WALDEN ESTATES LIMITED Appellants
and
MAYBURY COURT FREEHOLD Respondents
COMPANY LIMITED
Re: Maybury Court, Marylebone
(LRA/38/2005 & LRA/40/2005)
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BETWEEN (1) BIRCHAM & CO (NOMINEES) (NO 2)
(2) MS S E STOWELL Appellants
and
(1) MR M C CLARKE
(2) MRS S CLARKE Respondents
Re: 13 South Terrace, Kensington, SW7
(LRA/63/2005)
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Before: The President
His Honour Michael Rich QC
P R Francis FRICS
Sitting at: Procession House, 110 New Bridge Street, London EC4V 6JL
on 5-9 and 12-15 June, 3 and 4 July 2006
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K S Munro instructed by Pemberton Greenish for Earl Cadogan and Cadogan Estates Limited
Judith Jackson QC & Michael Prior instructed by Speechly Bircham for Howard de Walden
Estates Limited
K S Munro, instructed by Bircham Dyson Bell, for Bircham & Co (Nominees) (No 2) Limited
David Holgate QC and Tom Jefferies instructed by Winward Fearon for Grandeden Property
Management Limited
Stephen Jourdan instructed by Rokeby Johnson Barrs for Maybury Court Freehold Company
Limited
The following cases are referred to in this decision:
Arbib v Earl Cadogan [2005] 3 EGLR 139
Cadogan Holdings Ltd v Pockney (LRA/27/2003, 19 May 2004) (Unreported)
Becker Garden Properties Ltd v Garden Court NW8 Property Co Ltd [1998] 1 EGLR 121
Re Schulem B Association Ltd [2001] 1 EGLR 105
Blendcrown Ltd v Church Commissioners for England [2004] 1 EGLR 143
Custins v Hearts of Oak Building Society (1969) 209 EG 239
Haw v Peek (1969) 210 EG 347
Shephard vTurner [2006] EWCA Civ 8
R (Sinclair Gardens Investments Ltd) v Lands Tribunal [2006] 3 All ER 650
Eastbourne Borough Council v Allen (VO) [2001] RA 273
Stokes v Cambridge Corpn (1961) 13 P & CR 77
Imperial College of Science and Technology v Ebdon (VO) [1984] RA 213
Wright v British Railways Board [1983] 2 AC 773
Wells v Wells [1999] 1 AC 345
The following further cases were cited in argument:
Evans v English Electric Co Ltd [1978] 1 EGLR 93
Raja Vyricherla Narayana Gajapatiraju v The Revenue Divisional Officer Vizagapatam [1939]
AC 302
IRC v Gray [1994] 2 EGLR 185
Ryde International v London Regional Transport [2004] EGLR 1
Lloyd-Jones v Church Commissioners for England [1982] 1 EGLR 209
Hoare v National Trust [1998] 1 EGLR 155
Gesso Properties (BVI) Ltd v SCMLLA Ltd (LT) (LRA/13/2003, 1 March 2004) (Unreported)
Abacona Investments Ltd v Wright (LT) (LRA/23/2000, 22 February 2001) (Unreported)
Metropolitan Water Board v Assessment Committee of Chertsey [1916] AC 337
Re Risblayne Ltd (LT) (LRA/25/1999) (Unreported)
Re Speedwell Estates Ltd (LT) (LRA/30/1999, 17 January 2000) (Unreported)
6 Pelham Street LON/LVT 1671/103
London Rent Assessment Committee v St Georges Court [1984] 1 EGLR 99
Solent Pines Residents Association Ltd v Campbell [1996] 1 EGLR 213
Curtis v London Rent Assessment Committee [1999] QB 92
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