Blandford House, Blandford Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4HZ
Art gallery and premises Decided 6 November 2020 26123989 Lambert Smith Hampton
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What was argued and what the tribunal found
The appellant museums and galleries sought nominal rateable values of £10, arguing the existing valuations were incorrect and excessive. The Tribunal determined that receipts and expenditure valuation was the appropriate method for all subject hereditaments. It found the appellant's visitor numbers and admissions analysis more accurate than the respondent's figures, and rejected the respondent's alternative methods (percentage of receipts, storage valuation). The Tribunal allowed the appeals, determining nominal or reduced rateable values based on receipts and expenditure calculations where deficits resulted.
Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Tyne & Wear Museums Service, represented.
Grounds argued
- Valuation method · decisive
- Comparable assessments (tone)
- Evidence
- Trading accounts, Expert report
- Cases cited
- Hughes (VO) v York Museums and Gallery Trust [2017] UKUT 200 (LC); Gardiner & Theobald LLP v Jackson (VO) [2018] UKUT 0253 (LC); Hughes (VO) v Exeter City Council [2020] UKUT 0007 (LC); Hoare & Anor v National Trust [1998] EWCA Civ 1525; Bluebell Railway Limited v Ball (VO) [1984] RA 113; City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council v Valuation Officer [2011] VTE (470514161196/244N05); Continuum (Kent Life) Limited v Corkish (VO) [2018] VTE (223519935246/537N10)
- Hearing
- 6 November 2020
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