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R v Secretary of State ex parte Kirkstall

[1996] 3 All ER 304

Case summary last updated at 07/01/2020 12:16 by the Oxbridge Notes in-house law team.

Judgement for the case R v Secretary of State ex parte Kirkstall

The chairman of a planning committee had a shareholding in a rugby club that applied for planning permission. Slade J held that the rules as to the disqualification of a decision maker for bias were not limited in scope to judicial decisions. Thus they applied here too and the decision was overturned.

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