The Law of Compulsory Purchase helps the reader to understand the law relating to compulsory purchase and compensation with quick to find clear statements of the law and practice on all points arising in relation to compulsory purchase and compensation. The book includes the detailed analysis necessary to grapple with tricky points encountered in practice, and cross-references to legislation and key case law and guidance.

This fifth edition of the book is updated to include:
- recent case law from the courts and the tribunal
- the major changes in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023
- the new MHCLG guidance and the tribunal’s new practice directions
- proposals for further reforms from the Government and the Law Commission, including the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

Written by a team of leading compulsory purchase barristers … For anyone practising in or advising on this complex but interesting area of law, The Law of Compulsory Purchase is a wonderful guide to the relevant principles and their applications … It is a text which, when advising claimants and acquiring authorities, will remain close to hand. * The Student Law Journal (of a previous edition) *

General Editor, Richard Honey KC, works with a team of barristers from Francis Taylor Building that specialise in this area.