Karol Bogdan Jedynak v Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Decision date: 19 February 2010
Neutral citation: [2010] UKUT 46 (LC)
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Short overview
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This case concerns compensation for compulsory acquisition of the Island Café freehold and whether the claimant was entitled to a basic loss payment. The Tribunal found open market value at the valuation date to be £550,000 (with statutory interest from 12 September 2007) based on the acquiring authority’s marketing and subsequent sale. The claimant was excluded from the basic loss payment because a section 215 notice had been served and he failed to comply (and was prosecuted). The claimant must bear his own costs and pay the council’s costs from 14 July 2008.
Ratio decidendi
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Where an acquiring authority properly markets a vested property and achieves a sale shortly after the valuation date, the price obtained can be treated as strong evidence of the open market value at the valuation date. Also, service of a section 215 notice and the claimant’s failure to comply (including prosecution) can exclude entitlement to a basic loss payment under the statutory scheme.
Obiter dicta
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The Tribunal expressed that the council’s marketing and sale process was effective and that the achieved price was particularly persuasive as evidence of value. The notes also record that an initial mistaken offer of a basic loss payment to the claimant was corrected in correspondence once the section 215 notice was identified.
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