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JR Illegality

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Illegality   show
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Illegality and acting beyond power   show
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show a local authority had the power to compulsorily acquire land for housing, so long as that land was not part of any park, /order for compulsory purchase of a parcel of land was quashed by the court on the ground that the land in question was parkland  
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AG v Fulham Corporation [1921]   show
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show a public body can ONLY raise taxes if specifically permitted by statute to do so.  
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An example of judicial reaction to the award of discretionary power/Padfield v. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [1968]   show
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The decision-maker has fettered his discretion   show
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British Oxygen Company v. Board of Trade [1971]   show
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Fettering discretion by contracts and undertakings/Stringer v Minister for Housing & LG [1979]   show
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show "delegatus non potest delegare" (a delegate cannot delegate) fundamental/ a desire to ensure that there is a clear chain of command between the subject of public power and the source of that power  
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show decision to suspend a number of dockers was quashed on the basis that the delegation of power was illegal.  
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Carltona v. Commissioners of Works [1943]   show
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Acting under dictation/Lavender v Minister of Housing & LG [1970]   show
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show when a public body uses a power to further a purpose for which it was not intended/a public authority acts entirely outside its remit (although apparently using its powers properly)  
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Webb v. Minister of Housing and Local Government [1965]   show
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Roberts v. Hopwood [1925]   show
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show a Conservative local authority adopted a policy of selling more council houses in its marginal wards/done more to boost numbers of conservative voters in these wards than to further those objectives Parliament had in mind/ruled this illegal  
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Wheeler v Leicester City Council [1985]   show
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