“The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed this appeal concerning whether title to land, gifted to Oxfordshire County Council for use as a school under the School Sites Act 1841 (‘the 1841 Act’), reverted to the donor’s estate when the school ceased to operate from the gifted land. The school in this case is Nettlebed School in Oxfordshire. In 1914 and 1928, Mr Fleming conveyed land in Nettlebed to Oxfordshire County Council as a site for an elementary school (the ‘Fleming site’) …” (more)
[UK Supreme Court Blog, 23 April]
First posted 2021-04-24 09:30:18
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