Nuisance Caused in UK Law

  • Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Abril 1997
    ... ... , which raise fundamental questions relating to the law of private nuisance ... 2 In the first action, Patricia Hunter and ... This, they claim, was caused by the construction of the Canary Wharf Tower, which was built on land ... ...
  • Sedleigh-Denfield v O'Callaghan and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Junio 1940
    ... ... have prevented such a blockage or stoppage of the flow of water as caused the ditch to overflow. This evidence was accepted by the learned Judge who ... of the culvert was by any grid or grating, was of the nature of a nuisance, giving to the Appellant on damage being caused by the nuisance a primâ ... ...
  • R v Rimmington; R v Goldstein (Harry Chaim)
    • House of Lords
    • 27 Octubre 2005
    ... ... ingredients, today, of the common law crime of causing a public nuisance. The appellants contend that, as applied in their cases, the offence is ... "between the 25th day of May 1992 and the 13th day of June 2001, caused a nuisance to the public, namely by sending 538 separate postal packages, ... ...
  • Lawrence (Katherine) and Another v Fen Tigers Ltd & others (No 1)
    • Supreme Court
    • 26 Febrero 2014
    ... ... raises a number of points in connection with the law of private nuisance, a common law tort. While the law also recognises public nuisance, a ... 15 In April 2010, Fenland suffered a serious fire, which caused extensive damage and rendered it uninhabitable. Since then, no-one has ... ...
  • Pride of Derby and Derbyshire Angling Association Ltd and Earl of Harrington v British Celanese Ltd
    • Court of Appeal
    • 15 Diciembre 1952
    ... ... of the local authority) the system so functions as to cause a nuisance, that is a mere non-feasance, and the only remedy of anyone damaged is, as ... not exempt them from legal liability in consequence of a nuisance caused by them. On the evidence there is no ground for saying they have done ... ...
  • Southwark London Borough Council v Mills
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Julio 1998
    ... ... This has caused the break down of relations between neighbours. As individuals we have ... in purporting to grant relief in respect of alleged noise nuisance. The noise complained of was that generated by tenants in neighbouring ... ...
  • Allen v Gulf Oil Refining Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 29 Enero 1981
    ... ... of a multinational oil company, are committing a common law nuisance through the construction and operation of an oil refinery. Many other ... , in effect, that by reason of the Act any inevitable nuisance caused by the construction or operation of the refinery must be borne by Mrs ... ...
  • Wheeler v JJ Saunders Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 Diciembre 1995
    ... ... of various activities on the farm which are said to constitute a nuisance ... 3 Both the farm and the house were formerly owned by the third, ... visitors were subjected to constant malodorous air which frequently caused nausea, and on several occasions we were forced to leave the property to ... ...
  • Cambridge Water Company v Eastern Counties Leather
    • House of Lords
    • 09 Diciembre 1993
    ... ... The contamination was caused by a solvent known as Perchloroethene (PCE), used by ECL in the process of ... negligence, nuisance and the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher (1868) L.R.3 H.L. 330. The judge, ... ...
  • Leakey v National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 Julio 1979
    ... ... are liable to the plaintiffs in damages, on a claim framed in nuisance, based on the fact that soil and other detritus had fallen from property ... of the defendants' land which made it labile, and which had caused, and was likely to continue to cause, falls of detritus on the plaintiffs' ... ...
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