Pyx Grainite Company Ltd v Ministry of Housing and Local Government

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeViscount Simonds,Lord Goddard,Lord Oaksey,Lord Keith of Avonholm,Lord Jenkins
Judgment Date06 July 1959
Judgment citation (vLex)[1959] UKHL J0706-3
Date06 July 1959
CourtHouse of Lords
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  • Perinatal Institute v Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 21 July 2017
    ...whether or not to grant relief." 53 My attention was also, however, drawn to the decision of the House of Lords in Pyx Granite Co Ltd. v Ministry of Housing [1960] AC 260. That case concerned s.17(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Under that section, it was provided that a perso......
  • Grianan Aileach Centre v Donegal County Council
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 15 July 2004
    ...the courts and the planning authority and An Bord Pleanala. Pyx Granite Company Ltd v Minister of Housing and Local Government & Ors [1960] AC 260 distinguished. 3. That the trial judge granted a declaration in a form which was not sought by either party and which created further difficulti......
  • Punton v Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (No. 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 19 December 1963
    ...and the position can be contrasted with that which arose in ( Pvx Granite Co. Ltd. v. Ministry of Housing and Local Government 1960 Appeal Cases page 260). At page 303 Lord Jenkins said "the company here cannot be said to occupy the position of the undertakers in Barraclough v. Brown. They ......
  • Datuk Syed Kechik bin Syed Mohamed v Government of Malaysia and Another
    • Malaysia
    • Federal Court (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
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7 books & journal articles
  • Action
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Sasegbon’s Laws of Nigeria. Volume 1 Action
    • 8 September 2016
    ...or tribunals – See: Vine v. National Dock Labour Board (1957) A.C. 488, Pyx Granite Co. Ltd. v. Ministry of Housing and Local Government (1960) A.C. 260.” - Per Karibi-Whyte, J.S.C. in Eguamwense v. Amaghizemwen Suit No. S.C. 12/1991; (1993) 9 N.W.L.R. (Pt. 315) 1 at 20. (2) “It has been er......
  • Why Kelo Is Not Good News for Local Planners and Developers
    • United States
    • Georgia State University College of Law Georgia State Law Reviews No. 22-4, June 2006
    • Invalid date
    ...and Country Planning Act, as interpreted in Pyx Granite v. Minister of Hous. & Local Gov7, [1958] 1 Q.B. 554, rev'don other grounds, [1960] A.C. 260, the American case of Dolan v. City ofTigard, 512 U.S. 374 (1994), would have been resolved in favor of Mrs. Dolan. Malcolm Grant, IfTigard We......
  • OLAWOYIN V. A.G. NORTHERN NIGERIA
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1961 Cases reported in 1961
    • 11 November 2022
    ...753; 28 T.L.R. 72. 3. Pyx Granite Co. Ltd. v. Ministry of Housing and Local Government (1958) 1 Q.B. 554; (1958) 1 All E.R. 625. (H.L.(1959) 3 All E.R. 1; (1960) A.C.260; 123 J.P. 429; 103 Sol. Jo. 633) 4. Guaranty Trust Co. of New York v. Hannay (1915) 2 K.B.536; 84 L.J.K.B. 1465; 113 L.T.......
  • Wrongfooting the Lord Chancellor: Access to Justice in the High Court
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 61-2, March 1998
    • 1 March 1998
    ...asufficient basis on which the view could sensibly be reached’ (at 55).15 Pyx Granite Co Ltd vMinistry of Housing and Local Government [1960] AC 260 per ViscountSimonds at 286.16 Raymond vHoney [1983] 1 AC 1, 13.17 RvSecretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Leech (no 2) [1994] Q......
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