British Railways Board [SEP] dissolved or abolished
British Railways Board
The British Railways Board (BRB) was a nationalised industry in the United Kingdom that operated from 1963 to 2001. Until 1997 it was responsible for most railway services in Great Britain, trading under the brand name British Railways and, from 1965, British Rail. It did not operate railways in Northern Ireland, where railways were the responsibility of the Government of Northern Ireland.
It is a statutory corporation, which when operating consisted of a chairman and nine to fifteen other members appointed by the Secretary of
Pickin v British Railways Board
Pickin v British Railways Board [1974] UKHL 1 is a UK constitutional law case, concerning parliamentary sovereignty.
Facts.
Pickin claimed that the British Railways Board fraudulently misled Parliament when it passed a private Act of 1968, which abolished a rule that if a railway line were abandoned, the land would vest in the owners of the adjoining land. This rule came from Private Acts of 1836 and 1845. Pickin had bought a small piece of land adjoining the railway line in 1969,