Chastey v Ackland

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1895
CourtCourt of Appeal
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2 cases
  • Hunter v London Docklands Development Corporation
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 October 1995
    ...no one can claim a right to have the general current of air over his neighbour's property to his property kept uninterrupted. In Chastey v Ackland [1895] 2 Ch 389. Lindley LJ stated, at p 402, that "no one has a right to prevent his neighbour from building on his own land, although the con......
  • Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 24 April 1997
    ...flow of air onto his neighbour's land ( Bland v. Mosely (1587) cited in Aldred's Case (1610) 9 Co.Rep. 57b, 58a, and Chastey v. Ackland [1895] 2 Ch. 389); and, again in the absence of an easement, it may take away light from his neighbour's windows ( Dalton v. Angus (1881) 6 App.Cas. 740, 7......

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