RATING & VALUATION REPORTER

July / August 2024

Case Notes

Council Tax: Class V Exemption

 M A v Southwark London Borough Council (Valuation Tribunal for England) (22 August 2023) 

Digital Advertising Right Assessment Confirmed

Primesight Ltd. v Ricketts (Valuation Officer) (Valuation Tribunal for England) (15 January 2024) 

Judgement Creditor Liable for Enforcement Agent’s Procedural Breaches

Burton v Ministry of Justice (Court of Appeal) (21 June 2024) 

No Jurisdiction to Discharge Covenant

Re: The Application of Young Cammiade (Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber) (13 April 2024) 

Refusal to refer Market Value of Land to UT (LC) Upheld

HMRC Commissioners v LG Park HT 1 Ltd. and Others (Court of Appeal) (17 October 2023) 

Valuation of Double-Sided Digital Advertising Site

Ratepayer v Hitchings (Valuation Officer) (Valuation Tribunal for England) (13 February 2024) 

Commentary

Advertising Rights in Supermarket Car Parks Held Separately Rateable

J C Decaux UK Ltd. v Bunyan and Others (Valuation Officers) (Valuation Tribunal for England) (22 February 2024)

Council Tax: Magistrates’ Court’s Jurisdiction

Oyston v Blackpool Council J C Decaux UK Ltd. v Bunyan and Others (Valuation Officers) (King’s Bench Division, Administrative Court) (21 May 2024) 

Egg Packing Centre, Store and Warehouse Exempt

Fridays Ltd. v Bunyan (Valuation Officer) (Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber) (31 May 2024)

Land Valuation

Electronic Communications Code – Apparatus on Roof of Telephone Exchange

On Tower UK Ltd. v British Telecommunications PLC (Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber) (23 February 2024) 

Note

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SUPPLEMENTARY CASES

Non-Domestic Rate: Hereditament

The judgement in Shynar Zhylshaxynova v Moore (Valuation Officer) (Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber) (15 July 2024) can be found at https://www.irrv.net/documents/weblinks/2024/7/LC-2023-731_Shynar_Zhylshaxynova_v_Moore_VO_Slater_Court_Peterborough.pdf.

Non-Domestic Rate: Alteration of the Rating List

The judgement in Charles Waters v Wayne Cox (Valuation Officer) (Upper Tribunal: Lands Chamber) (14 June 2024) can be found at https://www.irrv.net/documents/weblinks/2024/8/LC-2023-681%20Final%2022%2008%202024%20Finkley%20Down%20Farm%20Attraction.pdf.