Weir v Secretary of State for Transport

Weir v Secretary of State for Transport
Weir v Secretary of State for Transport
Court	High Court
Citation(s)	[2005] EWHC 2192 (Ch)
Keywords
	Rail

Weir v Secretary of State for Transport [2005] EWHC 2192 (Ch) is a UK enterprise law case, concerning railways in the UK.

Facts[]

Weir and 48,000 other shareholders of Railtrack claimed that Stephen Byers’ decision to force Railtrack into administration amounted to the tort of misfeasance in public office and a breach of the Human Rights Act 1998, on the theory that their property had been deprived. The shareholders raised £4m together to fight the case. They argued their property was expropriated without adequate compensation.

Judgment[]

Lindsay J rejected the claims.

v t Rail sources
Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 ss 15-16, Sch 1
Railways Act 1993 ss 4-23 and 25
Single European Railway Directive 2012/34/EU
Great North Eastern Railway Ltd v ORR [2006] EWHC 1942
[1950] 1 KB 18
Greater London Authority Act 1999 ss 210-231
[2001] EWHC Admin 637
R (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v SS for Transport [2014] UKSC 3
Rail Passenger Rights Regulation 2007 arts 3-29
R (Save Our Railways) v Director of Rail [1996] CLC 596
Railways Act 2005 ss 19-21 and Schs 5-6
Railways Act 1993 ss 76-78
Railways Act 1993 ss 28-29 and GLAA 1999 s 174
[1981] UKHL 7
Railways Act 1993 ss 59-65 and Sch 6 (insolvency)
Greater London Authority Act 1999 ss 220-224 and Schs 14-15
[2002] EWCA Civ 955
Weir v Secretary of State for Transport [2005] EWHC 2192 (Ch)
[2007] EWHC 2697 (Ch)
see UK enterprise law

Weir v Secretary of State for Transport

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