Dhn Food Distributors Ltd V Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Case: DHN Food Distributors Ltd v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Name of the parties:

[P] Appellant: DHN Food Distributors Ltd

[D] Appellee: Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Court:

Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

Judges:

Lord Denning M.R., Goff and Shaw L.JJ.

Citation:

[1976] 1 W.L.R. 852

Essential facts:

1. In this case one parent company, D.H.N. Food Distributors ltd [DHN] imported groceries and had a grocery supply business.

2. Its premises were possessed by its subsidiary that was called Bronze. Bronze had no business and the main resource was the premises, of which DHN was the licensee.

3. The subsidiary has been obtained after the premises has been vested in it by a bank which has propelled cash for the purchase of the premises and which held land through the subsidiary as security for credit.

4. Vehicles of the business were possessed by another subsidiary, D.H.N. Food Transport Ltd.

5. DHN held every share in both the subsidiaries and the organization had common directors.

6. In 1969 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, passed compulsory order and...