Nuisance in UK Law
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- Noise Nuisance
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Company bosses can no longer dodge nuisance call fines
In an ongoing effort to tackle nuisance calls, the UK government has signalled its intention to make company directors directly liable for breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regu...
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UK Information Commissioner’s Office Assesses Nuisance Calls Fines
The Information Commissioner’s Officer (“ICO”) has issued a fine of £200,000, its largest ever penalty for nuisance calls, to Home Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd. (“HELM”), a green energy compan...
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Attack of the Triffids: Knotweed nuisance cranks up a notch
Investor, developer, indeed landowner in any capacity – recent rulings mean Japanese Knotweed is now more of a nuisance (and a costly one) than ever. With over 6000 UK locations identified as conta...
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Limitation period for “continuing nuisance” in environmental cases
The Court of Appeal has examined when a common law nuisance can be said to be “continuing” and therefore qualify for a more generous application of the limitation rules. The judgment is of relevanc...
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Fines in the UK for nuisance calls?
The UK Government has expressly recognised the call by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a change in UK law to enable it to issue fines against companies that make 100s rather than...
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Question: Is an invasion of privacy a legal nuisance?
The recent case of Fearn & Others v The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2019], concerned a dispute between the Tate Modern and its residential neighbours over the Tate’s public viewing platf...
- Landlord Liability For Tenant Nuisance
- Nuisance - Network Rail v Williams & Anor
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