Goldman v Hargrave

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1966
Date1966
CourtPrivy Council
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146 cases
  • Marcic v Thames Water Utilities Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 4 December 2003
    ...recent developments in the common law of nuisance. The old distinction between misfeasance and non-feasance no longer rules the day. Goldman v Hargrave [1967] 1 AC 645 and Leakey v National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty [1980] QB 485, building on the decision in ......
  • Leakey v National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 July 1979
    ...has held that that view of the law is wrong. He bases his decision on the judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Goldman v. Hargrave (1967) Appeal Cases 645 . The main issue in this appeal is whether Goldman v. Hargrave accurately states the law of England. If it does......
  • Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd; Maloco v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 5 February 1987
    ...in general terms by Lord Radcliffe in Bolton v. Stone [1951] A.C. 850, 868 and expanded in more particularity by Lord Wilberforce in Goldman v. Hargrave [1967] 1 A.C. 645 when dealing with a fire upon premises caused by an outside agency. I refrain from citing these passages as both appea......
  • Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd; Maloco v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 5 February 1987
    ...in general terms by Lord Radcliffe in Bolton v. Stone [1951] A.C. 850, 868 and expanded in more particularity by Lord Wilberforce in Goldman v. Hargrave [1967] 1 A.C. 645 when dealing with a fire upon premises caused by an outside agency. I refrain from citing these passages as both appea......
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  • Basic rules about landslips
    • New Zealand
    • Mondaq New Zealand
    • 7 March 2023
    ...a hazard to neighbours is known to a landowner, they have to act as is reasonable in their individual circumstances: Goldman v Hargrave [1967] 1 AC 645 (PC) at Councils are entitled to take cost and public benefit into account when assessing landslip prevention or response. J L Tindall v Fa......
10 books & journal articles
  • Easements and Nuisance
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Positive Covenants and Freehold Land Contents
    • 30 August 2019
    ...of land, it had no responsibility 69 [1940] UKHL 2, [1940] AC 880 at 897. 70 [1940] UKHL 2, [1940] AC 880 at 904. 71 [1966] UKPC 2, [1967] 1 AC 645. 72 [1980] QB 485. 88 Positive Covenants and Freehold Land for any damage caused. A few weeks later, a large quantity of earth and some tree st......
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Positive Covenants and Freehold Land Contents
    • 30 August 2019
    ...SJ 176, ChD 200, 203 Glass v Kencakes [1966] 1 QB 611, [1965] 2 WLR 363, [1964] 3 All ER 807, QBD 178 Goldman v Hargrave [1966] UKPC 2, [1967] 1 AC 645, [1966] 3 WLR 513, [1966] 2 All ER 989, PC 87, 90 Goodhart v Hyett (1883) 25 Ch D 182, 48 JP 293, 53 LJ Ch 219, ChD 190 Gordon v Selico Ltd......
  • Particular Easements and Examples of Analogous Remedies of Relevance to Development
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Restrictions on the Use of Land Part I. Easements and profits à prendre
    • 30 August 2016
    ...was 50 Brace v South East Regional Housing Association Ltd [1984] 1 EGLR 144. 51 Bond v Nottingham Corporation [1940] Ch 429 at 438. 52 [1967] 1 AC 645. 53 [1980] QB 485. a major landslip and the defendant was found to have been in breach of its duty of care to the claimants and was liable ......
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Torts. Sixth Edition
    • 25 June 2020
    ...SCJ No 53 ........................................................................................... 30 Goldman v Hargrave (1966), [1967] 1 AC 645, [1966] 3 WLR 513 (PC) ...................................................................................376, 412 THE LAW OF TORTS 506 Good-We......
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