Institution · 1955–1987
3 posts · 1986–1988 · 12 friends
What the courts said, as they said it. The Court of Appeal in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 recites a High Court possession order under Order 14 (2 February to 4 July 1955), a Cardiff County Court possession order of 11 December 1962, and the judgment of Hollis J in the Queen’s Bench Division at Cardiff on 24 July 1986. The European Commission of Human Rights, in its decision on admissibility, records the writ for possession of 22 May 1984.
BP Properties Ltd11 mutual friends
William (Billy) Buckler11 mutual friends
Williams / Buckler family11 mutual friends
BP Pension Trust9 mutual friends
Counsel for BP Properties9 mutual friends
Counsel for the defence9 mutual friends
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)9 mutual friends
Dillon LJ9 mutual friends
Mustill LJ9 mutual friends
Sir Edward Eveleigh9 mutual friends
South Wales Echo3 mutual friends
Western Mail3 mutual friendsNo public statements found yet; the record below involves them.
A FAMILY’S long and bitter battle for an historic farmhouse appeared to be over last night after a High Court decision went against them and the Welsh historic monuments organisation decided to take no action.
Western Mail, 6 December 1988 (cutting annotated “Western Mail 6 Dec 1988”). Legal Wiki EV-0105 · GHF-E090-N10.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler: possession of the farmhouse and garden. The appeal was limited to the farmhouse and garden.
👍 6 BP Properties Ltd, Counsel for BP Properties, Dillon LJ, Mustill LJ, Sir Edward Eveleigh, BP Pension Trust
👎 3 Williams / Buckler family, William (Billy) Buckler, Counsel for the defence
“The appeal was dismissed and possession ordered in six weeks.”
“I can see no escape therefore from the conclusion that, whether she liked it or not, from the time of her receipt of the letters, Mrs Buckler was in possession of the farmhouse and garden by the licence of BP Properties Ltd, and her possession was no longer adverse within the meaning of section 10 of the 1939 Act. Accordingly I would dismiss this appeal.”
“MUSTILL LJ and SIR EDWARD EVELEIGH agreed and did not add anything.”
“When Mrs Buckler died in 1983 it became clear her son was not going to leave”
👍 · 30 Apr 1988 · A BP spokesman in London, to the press · source“I am here to stay and I will fight this to the death.”
👎 · 30 Apr 1988 · to the press · source… the High Court in Cardiff yesterday Mr [Justice] Hollis gave Mr Bill Buckler[’s] family six [weeks] to vacate Great [House] Farm Llandough after ruling [a] 10-acre block [belonged] to British Petroleum Properties Ltd … defiant Mr Buckler now to take case to the Court of Appeal …
South Wales Echo, 25 July 1986, p.3. British Newspaper Archive search-result text only. Legal Wiki EV-0075.
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