West v Bristol Tramways Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1908
Year1908
CourtCourt of Appeal
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12 cases
  • Balfour v Barty-King. Hyder & Sons (Builders) Ltd, Third Parties
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
  • Cambridge Water Company v Eastern Counties Leather
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 9 décembre 1993
    ...CWC that the requirement of foreseeability of damage was negatived in two particular cases, the decision of the Court of Appeal in West v. Bristol Tramways Co. [1908] 2 K.B.14, and the decision of this House in Rainham Chemical Works Ltd. v. Belvedere Fish Guano Co. Ltd. [1921] 2 A.C. 465......
  • Read v J. Lyons & Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 18 octobre 1946
    ...Cross case the escape was not strictly from the defendant's premises but from pipes laid in the soil of another. So also in West v. Bristol Tramways Company, 1908 2 K.B. 14, the escape was of creosote from woodblocks laid in the highway. It is not necessary to pronounce finally upon these ......
  • Colour Quest Ltd v Total Downstream UK Plc [QBD (Comm)]
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 20 mars 2009
    ...In short they were two discrete causes of action: “In particular, I do not regard the two authorities cited to your Lordships, West v Bristol Tramways Co. [1908] 2 K.B. 14 and Rainham Chemical Works Ltd v. Belvedere Fish Guano Co. Ltd. (1921) 2 A.C. 465, as providing any strong pointer towa......
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