Nuisance in UK Law

Leading Cases
  • Sedleigh-Denfield v O'Callaghan and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 24 June 1940

  • Manchester, Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of v Farnworth
    • House of Lords
    • 28 November 1929

  • Allen v Gulf Oil Refining Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 29 January 1981

  • Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 24 April 1997

    If the occupier of land suffers personal injury as a result of inhaling the smoke, he may have a cause of action in negligence. But he does not have a cause of action in nuisance for his personal injury, nor for interference with his personal enjoyment. It follows that the quantum of damages in private nuisance does not depend on the number of those enjoying the land in question.

  • Wheeler v JJ Saunders Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 December 1995

    I can well see that in such a case the public interest must be allowed to and prevail that it would be inappropriate to grant an injunction (though whether that should preclude any award of damages in lieu is a question which may need further consideration). The Court should be slow to acquiesce in the extinction of private rights without compensation as a result of administrative decisions which cannot be appealed and are difficult to challenge.

  • Cambridge Water Company v Eastern Counties Leather
    • House of Lords
    • 09 December 1993

    Of course, although liability for nuisance has generally been regarded as strict, at least in the case of a defendant who has been responsible for the creation of a nuisance, even so that liability has been kept under control by the principle of reasonable user — the principle of give and take as between neighbouring occupiers of land, under which "

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Forms
  • Applications relating to Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs)
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Housing and planning forms including Rent Repayment Orders and Demolition Orders.
    ... ... ... ... vi    all information they have that the dwelling has been causing a nuisance for the community; and ... ... ... vii    all information they have that suggests that the community supports the ... ...
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