...Gary Sams Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an annual update on case law relating to compulsory purchase and compensation. Design/methodology/approach Researching decisions made by the Court of Appeal and Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) in the field of compensation. Commentary...

...Gary Sams Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to summarise and analyse reforms to the compulsory purchase compensation code which have been published for consultation by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Design/methodology/approach – To explain each of the proposals...

...Gary Sams Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary and analysis of recent legal decisions relating to compensation for compulsory purchase. Design/methodology/approach – The paper summarises three important decisions and provide a critical assessment of each of them...

...Richard Grover Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the economic theories that lie behind the assessment of compulsory purchase compensation and the issues that arise from them. Design/methodology/approach – The method has been to review the literature about the theories...

...Gary Sams Purpose Annual update on caselaw relating to compulsory purchase and compensation. This paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Research of decisions made by the Court of Appeal and lands tribunal in the filed of compensation. Commentary on the legal...

...Graeme Newell; Nelson Chan; Evan Goodridge Purpose This paper aims to assess all compulsory land acquisition court decisions in Australia over 1985‐2009 to provide a risk assessment and compensation analysis involved in proceeding to court for compulsory land acquisition cases. Design...

...Stephen Brown; P.S. Ogedengbe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the problems of compensation for compulsory acquisition of oil exploration fields in Delta State with particular reference to the oil field acquired by Agip Oil Company for gas pipeline way leave in Irri and Okpai towns...

... providers. All have access to compulsory powers. However, there are variations between these powers and between the compensation arrangements. The main objective of this article is to examine whether the compensation arrangements are now appropriate, following the privatisation of the gas, electricity...

...Norman Hutchison; Andrew Cameron; Jeremy Rowan‐Robinson This paper examines the measure of compensation payable for electricity wayleaves through afforestation and considers the merits of using a discounted cash flow approach to calculate the level of compensation. The research finds...

.... As such, real estate sellers and developers are not adequately compensated for the abortion risk, especially when there is no legal recourse for the sellers to seek specific performance and damages in the event of default. The historical value of this call is estimated by inferring a time‐varying volatility...

... ...where an authority chooses to proceed in pursuance of a Compulsory Purchase Order by the more conventional route of a Notice to Treat, followed by a Notice of Entry, there is no statutory time limit for a reference of disputed compensation to the Lands Tribunal. They were wrong. ©...

...David Fleming Examines the resolution of rights to former expropriated owners of land and buildings in Hungary. Looks at social and economic implications of the choice between compen‐sation and restitution. Analyses the initial results of the Compensation Acts 1991‐92. Indicates that the social...

...Jeremy Rowan‐Robinson; Norman Hutchison Examines the purpose of compensation for compulsory acquisition using the distinction drawn by Denyer‐Green between pretium and compensatio. Reports on the findings of a study by the authors of compensation settlements for business loss...

... new procedures. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Compensation Compulsory purchase Development plans Loss Planning (town and country) The Planning Provisions of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 Received: 14th November, 1991 David Hawkins Keywords: Town planning lawful use demolition...

...G.S. Sams Provides a section by section guide to the compensation provisions of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991. Concludes that pressure for further change will continue but that the prospect of a consolidated compensation code now seems very remote. © MCB UP Limited 1992...

...K.W. Brobby Examines the cultural issues considered in relation to compulsory purchase by the courts in Ghana and comments on the interpretations currently placed on such cases by the courts. Notes that in Ghana the contentious issue is often not the amount of compensation due but who is entitled...

... acquisition compensation, and discusses some of the issues and problems arising from the courts′ interpretation of the relevant laws and the legislation governing them. Details development charge valuation. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Property law Valuation Public sector Compensation Taxation...