Trespass to Land cases

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Land is surface soil and anything fixed to it (e.g buildings/trees)
S205 Law of Property Act 1925
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The landowner owns as much airspace 'as is necessary for ordinary use and enjoyment of land' - Temporary drone, not trespass
Bernstein v Skyviews
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Landowner owns subsoil on his land - concrete poured into fence post holes
Anderson v Bryan
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Subsoil beneath public roads belongs to owners on either side - used road to scare away birds, TP's on subsoil
Harrison v Duke of Rutland
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C must have a better right to possession - C did not have lease, landlord had better right to posession
Delaney v Smith
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Trespass is any direct entry or interference with land - Ladder
Westripp v Baldock
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Placing objects/people on C's land is trespass - threw D onto C's land
Smith v Stone
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Taking something away from C's land can be a trespass - grass cutting
Bassely v Clarkson
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Tresspass ab initio (lawful authority to enter but become a trespasser when they go beyond what they are permitted to do) - refused to pay
The Six Carpenters
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Necessity can be a defence to TTP - police fired gas into a shop to get out a dangerous criminal
Rigby v Chief Constable
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The landowner owns as much airspace 'as is necessary for ordinary use and enjoyment of land' - Temporary drone, not trespass

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Bernstein v Skyviews

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Landowner owns subsoil on his land - concrete poured into fence post holes

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Card 4

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Subsoil beneath public roads belongs to owners on either side - used road to scare away birds, TP's on subsoil

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Card 5

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C must have a better right to possession - C did not have lease, landlord had better right to posession

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