Peter Savva (aka Panayi Savva) v Liverpool City Council
Decision date: 3 May 2012
Neutral citation: [2012] UKUT 109 (LC)
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Short overview
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This appeal concerned the valuation for compensation of 13 Bishop Road, Anfield, as at 19 February 1990 following compulsory acquisition. The Tribunal preferred contemporaneous evidence (including a 75‑year lease premium of £4,000 shortly after the valuation date) to the claimant's comparables and assessed the freehold value at £5,000; planning permission and an improvement grant were held not to add value because the claimant had not implemented them. The Tribunal made no order as to the costs of the reference and directed simple interest and assessment of any transfer legal costs.
Ratio decidendi
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Where there is contemporaneous, authoritative evidence about the subject property (including sales or lease premiums shortly after the valuation date), that evidence may be preferred to less comparable sales when determining compensation; and communications which are conditional or not unconditional written offers do not trigger the s.4 Land Compensation Act 1961 consequences.
Obiter dicta
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The Tribunal observed that a party advancing an unrealistically high claim and ignoring reasonable proposals may justify departing from usual costs outcomes, and that auction particulars contemporaneous to sale may understate true condition because purchasers are expected to inspect.
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