Great Eastern Railway Company v The Overseers of Haughley, Resp

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1865
Year1865
CourtCourt of the Queen's Bench
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7 cases
  • Almond v Ash Brothers & Heaton Ltd ; Dawkins (Valuation Officer) v Ash Bros & Heaton Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 26 March 1969
    ...7 There is a long series of cases in which the test for assessing the rateable value of hereditaments has been considered. In Great Eastern Railway Co. v. Haughley (1866) L.R. 1 Q.B. 666 Cockburn C.J., at page 679, said: "But I think it is one thing to start with the assumption that you are......
  • Decision Nº RA 480 1993. Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), 22-02-2000
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
    • 22 February 2000
    ...v Metropolitan Water Board [1926] AC 331 Staley v Castleton Overseers (1865) 5 B & S 505 Great Eastern Railway Co v Haughley Overseers (1866) LR 1 QB 666 Commissioner of Rating and Valuation v Lai Kit Lau Mutual Aid Committee [1986] HKLR 93 K Shoe Shops v Hardy (VO) [1983] 1 WLR 1273 Stirk ......
  • Williams (Valuation Officer) v Scottish and Newcastle Retail Ltd and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 February 2001
    ...were regularly referring to the 'hypothetical tenant' posited by the statutory test (see for instance Great Eastern Railway v Haughley (1866) LR 1 QB 666, 679; London County Council v Churchwardens of Erith [1893] AC 562, 588). In Townley Mill Co (1919) Ltd v Oldham Assessment Committee [19......
  • Best Origin Ltd v Commissioner Of Rating And Valuation
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • 21 December 2012
    ...observations on this point, repeatedly cited in later authorities, is that of Cockburn CJ in Great Eastern Railway Co v Haughley (1866) LR 1 QB 666, “But I think it is one thing to start with the assumption that you are dealing with a tenancy from year to year, and another thing to say that......
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