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Bromley London Borough Council v Greater London Council

[1983] 1 AC 768
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1983
Statusunclear

Key Principle

A local authority exercising statutory transport discretion must balance its fiduciary duty to ratepayers against its service duty to passengers; a deeply subsidised fares policy that disregarded the fiduciary duty was ultra vires.

Area of Law

public-law

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