Metropolitan Properties Co (FGC) Ltd v Lannon
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CourtCourt of Appeal
Decided12 June 1968
Citation[1968] EWCA Civ 5, [1969] 1 QB 577
Judges sittingLord Denning M.R, Lord Danckwerts and Lord Edmund Davies
Metropolitan Properties Co (FCG) Ltd v Lannon[1] was a United Kingdom constitutional law case concerning natural justice.
The case concerned a rent assessment committee that suggested a lower rate of rent than what had been suggested by an expert, and even lower than the residents had expected. The landlords appealed against this decision under section 9 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958, on the basis that a member of the committee, Mr Lannon, was biased. They argued that Mr Lannon made the decision to assist his father, who was negotiating his rent with one of the appellant landlords. On this basis, they believed the decision ought to be quashed.