Another bill for the taxpayer
Houchen loses in court
- Thread starter JackG
- Start date
Another bill for the taxpayer
ILOVEJUNINHO!
Well-known member
How is he going to pin this one on Labour?
ThePrisoner
Well-known member
Probably blame the judge. Going by his name, he doesn't sound local. Knoworrimean?
Nero
Well-known member
He will definitely try spin it. Use tactics straight from the Trump play book. Just like all this generation of Tory *****.
grumpyoldgit
Well-known member
Let's see how the Gazette report this one.
ThePrisoner
Well-known member
I'm guessing there will be some spiel from an anonymous 'Teeswork spokesman' saying that in the long run the decision will cost the tax payer tens of millions in additional costs due to lack of access to the site so BenT was right to take the case to court in the public interest.
Mr_Fridge
Well-known member
Give them chance to have their briefing with Ben where he will tell them the angle to take.
Juninhoburger
Well-known member
This is the PD Ports access case which Ben was always going to lose.
Nero
Well-known member
I’m pretty sure a newspaper covered a meeting between PD and Houchen that Gibson attended. If the report is accurate, Gibson came across like a total knobhead.
The Ruthsayer
Well-known member
Yes.
ThatFragranceGuy
Well-known member
Simon Clarke already spinning it as nonsense
Piccadilly Day Tripper
Well-known member
Bloody foreign courts and lefty lawyers again.
Piccadilly Day Tripper
Well-known member
Not Gibson's finest hour:
Juninhoburger
Well-known member
Oh yeah, it was that meeting with Gibson. The lawsuit had nothing to do with Gibson though, he was just Ben's attack dog at the time.
Nero
Well-known member
Thanks, that’s the one. Absolutely shameless from Gibson.
ThePrisoner
Well-known member
Gazette has gone with the tactic of publishing the full ruling to try and obfuscate matters.
If BenT had won there would have been a banner headline and a picture of him in full high viz, grinning like a Cheshire cat saying what a disgrace PD Ports are.
If BenT had won there would have been a banner headline and a picture of him in full high viz, grinning like a Cheshire cat saying what a disgrace PD Ports are.
Juninhoburger
Well-known member
There's nothing to obfuscate though surely? It's PD Ports land, always has been and this court case was never in the public's interest. £5m of taxpayer's money spaffed up the wall.
ThePrisoner
Well-known member
"However, PD Port’s claims of proprietary estoppel - a legal remedy that can be used when a landowner has promised property will be transferred to someone else at a later date, only to later renege on their statement - fails."
"However, the judgement states: “[PD Port’s] claim that it has further rights over Access Route 1 under the 1964 Deed pursuant to s. 62 Law of Property Act 1925 is not successful."
"We welcome the judgement and are pleased that after a lengthy process, a ruling has now been made by the High Court which confirms that no rights exist preventing the development of the Teesworks site.
...
During proceedings PD Ports withdrew a large number of their claims, many of which were on roadways which either no longer existed or are currently being demolished as part of the site redevelopment works."
"A total of 18 different claimed rights of way were brought to the court by PDT. All but six were either dropped by PDT or went in favour of STDC."
Spin, spin, spin.