Coventry City Council v Cartwright

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1975
Date1975
CourtDivisional Court
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9 cases
  • R v Bristol City Council, ex parte Everett
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 February 1999
    ...of the Council's submissions on this issue is the case-law, and most importantly the decision of the Divisional Court in Coventry City Council v. Cartwright [1975] 1 WLR 845. That case concerned a vacant site in a residential area on which the local authority had allowed indiscriminate tipp......
  • Oakley v Birmingham City Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 30 November 2000
    ...or floors, or where they are so dilapidated as to be a source of danger to life and limb." 25 In Coventry City Council v. Cartwright [1975] 1WLR 845, where it was said that a pile of refuse and building waste constituted a nuisance under Section 92 (1) (c) of the 1936 Act as being "any accu......
  • Salford City Council v McNally
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 24 June 1975
    ...a case of what is now called "harassment", and not, in my view, under the Act at all. I express no opinion upon the case of Coventry City Council v. Cartwright [1975] 2 All E.R. 99, which was reported after argument had been closed in the present 10In conclusion I would only add a few word......
  • Judith Robb V. Dundee City Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 13 February 2002
    ...as comprehending inadequacy "as far as health and hygiene were concerned". Again, Lord Widgery in Coventry City Council v. Cartwright 1975 1 WLR 845 at 849, in a passage approved in Oakley, said that " I think that the underlying conception of the section is that that which is struck at is ......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Admission of Telephone Intercepts
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 63-6, December 1999
    • 1 December 1999
    ...'sanitarystatutes' arenotconcerned with accidents: seeGreatWesternRailwayCovBishop[1872] LR 7 QB 550;CoventryCityCouncilvCartwright[1975] 1WLR 845. All members of the court agreed that the statutehadto belooked at in the light of the whole range of legislation dealing withhealthandsafetyand......
  • Admission of Telephone Intercepts
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 63-6, December 1999
    • 1 December 1999
    ...'sanitarystatutes' arenotconcerned with accidents: seeGreatWesternRailwayCovBishop[1872] LR 7 QB 550;CoventryCityCouncilvCartwright[1975] 1WLR 845. All members of the court agreed that the statutehadto belooked at in the light of the whole range of legislation dealing withhealthandsafetyand......
  • Statutory Nuisance
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 63-6, December 1999
    • 1 December 1999
    ...'sanitarystatutes' arenotconcerned with accidents: seeGreatWesternRailwayCovBishop[1872] LR 7 QB 550;CoventryCityCouncilvCartwright[1975] 1WLR 845. All members of the court agreed that the statutehadto belooked at in the light of the whole range of legislation dealing withhealthandsafetyand......
  • Statutory Nuisance
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 63-6, December 1999
    • 1 December 1999
    ...'sanitarystatutes' arenotconcerned with accidents: seeGreatWesternRailwayCovBishop[1872] LR 7 QB 550;CoventryCityCouncilvCartwright[1975] 1WLR 845. All members of the court agreed that the statutehadto belooked at in the light of the whole range of legislation dealing withhealthandsafetyand......

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