HC Deb 14 August 1919 vol 119 c1753

(1) The decision of an official valuer upon any question of fact, shall be final and binding on the parties, and the persons claiming under them respectively, but the official valuer may, and shall, if the High Court so directs, state at any stage of the proceedings, in the form of a special case for the opinion of the High Court, any question of law arising in the course of the proceedings, and may state his award as to the whole or part thereof in the form of a special case for the opinion of the High Court.

Lords Amendment:

Leave out the word "valuer," and insert instead thereof the word "arbitrator." — Agreed to.