Lands Tribunal
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The Lands Tribunal was created by the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 and has juridsiction in England and Wales. The Lands Tribunal for Scotland and the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland are separate Tribunals for those countries.
The President of the Lands Tribunal must be a solicitor or barrister and the Members are either solicitors barristers or persons experienced in the valuation of land, which invariably means chartered surveyors.
The Lands Tribunal was established to replace the panel of Official Arbirtators which had previously determined disutes at to compensation payable to the owners and occupiers of land affected by compulsory purchase. In addition, the Lands Tribunal acts as the appellate Tribunal for Rating Appeals from the Valuation Tribunals. It also has juridiction in relation to ordering the discharge or modification of restrictive covenants affecting land, under section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925.
A major further jurisiction was conferred under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 which confered upon the long leaseholders of lower value houses in England the right to acquire their freeholds, on terms laid out by statute. Disputes as to quantum were originally decided by the Lands Tribunal. In 1980 the original jurisdiction was transferred to the newly created Leasehold Valuation Tribunals with the Lands Tribunal becoming the appelate Tribunal on such disputes.
The Lands Tribunal also has a general appelate jurisdiction in relation to Decisions of the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and Residential Property Tribunal.
Appeals from the Lands Tribunal are heard in the Court of Appeal.
There is also a separate Lands Tribunal in Hong Kong that deals with legal disputes over land. Disputes not resolved at this level is taken to the Court of Appeal (Hong Kong).
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