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18 September 2015
Issue: 7668 / Categories: Case law
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Local government

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Bromley London Borough [2015] EWHC 1954 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 160 (Jul)

The Chancery Division held that title to a sculpture, created by Henry Moore, Draped Seated Woman, had been conferred on the claimant local authority by reason of the effect of s 3(2) of the Limitation Act 1980, in consequence of the inaction of the defendant local authority in failing to bring proceedings within the statutory period.

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