Record revealed
Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
On 16 December 1773, 340 chests of tea were thrown into Boston harbour by protesting colonists. This letter from the East India Company requests reimbursement.
Series
References to Lands Tribunal: specimen case files
Catalogue reference: LT 8
What's it about?
LT 8
This series consists of sample case files of references to the Lands Tribunal, including some transcripts of hearings. The cases relate to the acquisition of land, capital gains tax, corporation taxes, estate duty, capital transfer tax, town and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LT 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- References to Lands Tribunal: specimen case files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1938-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of sample case files of references to the Lands Tribunal, including some transcripts of hearings. The cases relate to the acquisition of land, capital gains tax, corporation taxes, estate duty, capital transfer tax, town and country planning, compensation and various other subjects.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Each piece in this series is coded, reflecting the various jurisdictions exercised by the Tribunal:
REF: references to the Tribunal. The more important are under the following Acts:
- Land Compensation Act 1961: Acquisition of land
- Compulsory Purchase Act 1965: Acquisition of land
- Taxes Management Act 1970 Capital Gains, Development Lands and Coporation Taxes
- Development Land Tax Act 1976 Capital Gains, Development Lands and Corporation Taxes
- Lands Tribunal Act 1949: Arbitration by consent
- Town and Country Planning Acts 1971 and 1973 Planning permission
- Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1957 Compensation
LCA,CP,AO: compensation payable to untraced owners, or owners abroad (Absent Owners) under
- Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 as amended by Lands Tribunal Act 1949
- Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
DET: determinations under
- Finance Act 1910 Estate duty,
- Finance Act 1975 Capital Transfer Tax
LR,LRA: determinations under
- Leasehold Reform Act 1967
- Housing Act 1980
L.COM:
- Land Commission Act 1967
R.L. :
- Rights of Light Act 1959
MIN :
- Appeals against determinations by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Department of the Environment under Town and Country Planning legislation and regulations.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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453 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10396/
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References to Lands Tribunal: specimen case files
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