Spicer and Another v Smee
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1946 |
| Date | 1946 |
| Court | King's Bench Division |
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16 cases
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Gore v Stannard (trading as Wyvern Tyres)
...not be liable for negligence when the negligence is the negligence of a stranger. An action in nuisance 35 The modern example of this is Spicer v Smee [1946] 1 All E.R. 489 where the plaintiff's bungalow was completely destroyed by a fire which originated in the defendant's bungalow owing t......
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LMS International Ltd and Others v Styrene Packaging and Insulation Ltd and Others
...of the Act, because, in such circumstances, the relevant fire was not regarded as having been started accidentally: see Musgrove (supra); Spicer v Smee [1946] 1 ALL ER 489 and Perry v Kendricks Transport Limited [1956] 1 ALL ER 29 In Mason v Levy Auto Parts of England [1967] 2 QB 530, Ma......
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Anthony and Others v The Coal Authority
...nuisance arises out of a state of things on one man's property whereby his neighbour's property is exposed to danger", per Atkinson J in Spicer v. Smee [1946] All ER at page 393. The defendant, on the other hand, argues for a measured duty of care similar to that which was held by the Court......
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2 books & journal articles
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The site
...CJ. he owner may also be liable if the contractor leaves the premises in such a state as to make them prone to ire: Spicer v Smee [1946] 1 all Er 489; Johnson v BJW Property Developments Ltd (2002) 86 Con Lr 74; Lim Seng Chye v Pex International Pte Ltd [2019] SGhC 28 at [108]–[131], per Ma......
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Tort Law
...2nd Ed, 2016) at paras 10.094–10.097; Kenneth Cheong & Kenneth Yap, “An Overhaul of Nuisance” (1998) 19 Sing L Rev 309 at 317–318. 115 [1946] 1 All ER 489. 116 [2000] 2 SLR(R) 614. 117 Xpress Print Pte Ltd v Monocrafts Pte Ltd [2000] 2 SLR(R) 614 at [52]. 118 [1940] AC 880. 119 John Murphy,......