Nuisance
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Issa and another v Hackney London Borough Council
Property owned by local authority -Statutory nuisance – Condition of tenant’s flat prejudicial to health – Local authority pleading guilty to offence under Public Health Act 1936 – Local authority…
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Hunter and others v Canary Wharf Ltd Hunter and others v London Docklands Development Corporation
Preliminary issues — Nuisance — Interference with television reception and deposit of dust on property — Whether television reception analogous with loss of prospect — Whether defence of statutory authority…
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Haringey London Borough Council v Jowett
Tenant complaining of traffic noise – Whether traffic noise constituted a nuisance injurious to health – Whether nuisance attributable to council as landlords – Environmental Protection Act 1990, sections 79(1)(a),…
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Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd
Nuisance – Building causing interference with television reception – Whether actionable private nuisance – Court of Appeal holding such interference not actionable – House of Lords dismissing appeal Nuisance -…
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Blackburn and another v ARC Ltd t/a Greenways Landfill
Plaintiff householder suffering from smells and litter escaping from adjacent waste disposal site – Whether activity authorised by waste disposal permit – Whether defendants entitled to benefit of “give and…
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Hussain and another v Lancaster City Council
Liability of council in nuisance and negligence for wrongful acts of their tenants
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Cunningham v Birmingham City Council
Council house posing hazards for occupier’s hyperactive autistic child – Occupier prosecuting council for alleged statutory nuisance – Whether “prejudicial to health” calls for subjective or objective interpretation
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Delaware Mansions Ltd and another v Westminster City Council
Council failing to remove tree – Tree roots encroaching onto nearby property causing damage – Company acquiring freehold of property after damage inflicted – Company carrying out repairs by underpinning…
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Blue Circle Industries plc v Ministry of Defence
Pollution of land from escape of radioactive substances — Polluted and about to be sold — Prospective purchaser withdrawing — Liability under Nuclear Installation Act 1965 — Amount of compensation…
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Lippiatt and another v South Gloucestershire Council
Council allowing unauthorised encampment of travellers on land – Neighbours issuing proceedings claiming damages for nuisance – Activities complained of taking place on neighbours’ land – Whether activities giving rise…
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City of London Corporation v Bovis Construction Ltd
Nuisance — Construction site noise — Noise suffered by neighbours — Notices served by local authority under section 60 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 — Noise made by…
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Issa and another v Hackney London Borough Council
Property owned by local authority — Statutory nuisance — Tenant’s flat prejudicial to health — Local authority pleading guilty under Public Health Act 1936 — Local authority abating nuisance –…