Should Meat be Sold at New Covent Garden?

 Markets - Covent Garden versus Smithfields
R (Corporation of London) v Secretary of State for
the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and another
[2006] UKHL 30
HL
21 June 2006
Daily Law Notes Report Summary
House of Lords Judgment
The Corporation of London was not entitled to judicial review of a
grant of consent by the Secretary of State for the Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to s 18(1)(f) of the Covent
Garden Market Act 1961, to the Covent Garden Market Authority
("CGMA") permitting face to face trading in meat and fish at New
Covent Garden Market. However, if, in reliance on that consent, an
actionable interference with the market rights of Smithfield and
Billingsgate Markets occurred the Corporation of London could
obtain a remedy in tort.