The Lord Chancellor – grant of leases – want of power

R (The Lord Chancellor) v Chief Land Registrar & Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council [2005] EWHC 1706 (Admin) (15 July 2005)

This case concerns the power of the Lord Chancellor (the LC) to require the grant of leases of premises to be used as court buildings. We mention it briefly because it raises an interesting point, but not one of very wide application.