Metropolitan Board of Works v McCarthy
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1874 |
| Date | 1874 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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20 cases
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Colour Quest Ltd v Total Downstream UK Plc [QBD (Comm)]
...“particular, direct and substantial” damage. 448 Shortly thereafter the House of Lords reverted to the topic in Metropolitan Board of Works v McCarthy (1874) LR 7 HL 243. This like Ricket, was a claim under the Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 in respect of an interest in land “injurious......
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Clift v Welsh Office
...of the 1965 Act is dependent on the fulfillment of a number of conditions, some of which are derived from the leading case of Metropolitan Board of Works v McCarthy (1874) L.R. 7 H.L. 243 and reiterated in Caledonian Railway Company v Walker's Trustees (1882) 7 A.C. 259. Mr Mould, who appea......
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Argyle Motors (Birkenhead) Ltd v Mayor, Etc., of Birkenhead
...in The Queen v. Metropolitan Board of Works (1869) L.R. 4 Q.B. 358 (1869) L.R. 4 Q.B. 358. In Metropolitan Board of Works v. McCarthy (1874) L.R. 7 H.L. 243, Lord Chelmsford, in effect, adopted Lord Cranworth's proposition. 7 Lord Westbury's arguments, though powerful in themselves, have no......
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Wildtree Hotels Ltd and Others v Harrow London Borough Council
...reason of such interference, the property, as a property, is lessened in value." (Proposition of Counsel, Mr Thesiger QC, in Metropolitan Board of Works v McCarthy (1874) LR 7 HL 243 as stated by Lord Cairns LC at p 253 and substantially accepted by the House.) 16 For present purposes, it i......
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