Private Nuisance cases

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C must have a legal interest in the land
Hunter v Canary Wharf
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D can be the creator of the nuisance (D's oil tanker leaked)
Esso Petroleum v Southport Corporation
2 of 14
D can be the adopter of the nuisance (failed to resolve a blocked pipe)
Sedleigh-Denfield v O'Callaghan
3 of 14
D can be someone aware of the potential for nuisance or the landowner (mud slide might happen)
Leakey v National Trust
4 of 14
Indirect interference - noise (foxes scared by gun)
Hollywood Silver Fox Farm v Emmett
5 of 14
Indirect interference can be a smell (candle works)
Bliss v Hall
6 of 14
TV reception is not an indirect interference
Hunter v Canary Wharf
7 of 14
Unlawful/Unreasonable interference - Locality (Belgrave Square v Bermondsey)
Sturges v Bridgman
8 of 14
Unlawful/Unreasonable interference - Duration (Cricket balls rarely escaped)
Bolton v Stone
9 of 14
Unlawful/Unreasonable interference - Malice (Guns are mean)
Hollywood Silver Fox Farm v Emmett
10 of 14
Unlawful/Unreasonable interference - Sensitivity (Special paper)
Robinson v Kilvert
11 of 14
Statutory Authority is a defence
Marcic v Thames Water
12 of 14
Prescription is a defence (factory not a nuisance for 20 years)
Sturges v Bridgman
13 of 14
Coming to the nuisance is NOT a defence (doctor's surgery being new was not a defence)
Sturges v Bridgman
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Card 2

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D can be the creator of the nuisance (D's oil tanker leaked)

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Esso Petroleum v Southport Corporation

Card 3

Front

D can be the adopter of the nuisance (failed to resolve a blocked pipe)

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

D can be someone aware of the potential for nuisance or the landowner (mud slide might happen)

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Indirect interference - noise (foxes scared by gun)

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Preview of the front of card 5
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