Nuisance
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PP 2002/62
A small price to pay for living in an earthquake-free zone is the paucity of case law on naturally occurring landslips.
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PP 2002/67
Q Your summary of Rees v Skerret [2001] EWCA Civ 760 [2001] 3 EGLR 1 (cf the full report at [2001] 40 EG 163), records a successful claim for weather…
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Mowan v Wandsworth London Borough Council and another
Tenant complaining to council landlords of nuisance created by neighbour – Council applying for claim to be struck out – Whether landlords liable for nuisance by tenant – Whether landlords…
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Butcher Robinson & Staples Ltd and others v London Regional Transport and another
Claimant companies occupying different parts of premises owned by parent company and paying service charge accordingly – Defendants allegedly causing disturbance while constructing Jubilee Line extension – Whether claimants had…
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SFI Group plc (formerly Surrey Free Inns) v Gosport Borough Council; R v Knightsbridge Crown Court,
Councils serving abatement notices – Whether notice invalid for failing to specify works or steps required for compliance – Whether Crown Court appropriately considering state of nuisance as at date…
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Delaware Mansions Ltd and Flecksun Ltd v Westminster City Council
Freeholder plaintiff acquiring block of flats after damage inflicted by encroaching tree roots – Second plaintiff suing as management company owned by lessees of flats – Whether either plaintiff entitled…
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Sachdeva and another v Sandhu and another
Escape of water — Burst of rising main — Damage to plaintiffs’ goods — Nuisance — Whether strict liability — Whether exception to rule in Rylands v Fletcher — Whether…
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Baxter v Camden London Borough Council
House converted into three flats – Tenant of middle flat alleging injurious noise arising from normal occupation of other flats – Poor sound insulation – Whether landlords knew or reasonably…
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Quigley v Liverpool Housing Trust (1999)
Landlord offering alternative accommodation pending completion of works to property occupied by tenant – Tenant alleging defects in property amounting to nuisance – Whether landlord “person responsible for nuisance” where…
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R v Birmingham City Council, ex parte Ireland; and related appeals
Appellants sending notice of intention to institute nuisance proceedings to respondent council landlords – Notices sent to address other than proper address of council – Whether notices validly served -…
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Southwark London Borough Council v Simpson
Tenant complaining of statutory nuisance prejudicial to health – Hearing of information – Whether magistrates right to have regard to evidence given by surveyor – Whether magistrates right to conclude…
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Lambie and another v Thanet District Council
Noise nuisance – Respondents serving abatement notices upon appellants – Appellants seeking to quash notices – Justices dismissing appeal – Whether requirements of abatement notices exceeded respondents’ powers – Whether…