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NEGLIGENCE- nuisance Flashcards

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1
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what are the two types of nuisance?

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private and public

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2
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what is nuisance also?

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a tort between two people- reasonable user of land

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3
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case for private nuisance?

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bamford v turney

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what is the plan of private nusiance?

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d & c- recognised forms- reasonable user test

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what is the quote for private nuisance?

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“an unlawful interference with a persons use or enjoyment of land or some right over in connection with it”

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6
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what type of offence is private nuisance?

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common law offence?

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what is the 1st step?

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identify d and c

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what is d in private nuisance?

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owner/occupier of land causing nuisance

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what is c in private nuisance?

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owner/occupier of land and enjoyment affected

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10
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examples of private nuisance d?

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farmer for festival, tenant making noie, someone who is temp = sue landlord or someone live in house but on holiday = still owner

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11
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examples of private nuisance c?

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someone allowed in house don’t own it cant sue needs to be owner (c) to sue

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12
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case of example of private nuisance c?

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hunter v canary wharf

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13
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what must the nuisance in private nuisance be?

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must be more than once (more than a one off single event)

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does distance affect it?

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could also be quite a distance there is no limit as long as it effects enjoyment

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15
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what does c get if normally continuous?

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normally injunctions

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16
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what must there then be (2nd element )

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recognised forms

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what are the types of recognised forms?

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noise, pollution, smell, smoke,dust,ash,soot,vibrations,fire,tree branches,roots,pollution of rivers

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what must the recognised forms do?

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come from someones land

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what helps to see if ti is actionable?

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the “reasonable user” test -look at several things

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what are the several things you look at in the reasonable user test

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location, time, usefulness of d, ,sensitivity of c, malice

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21
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acronym for reasonable user test?

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LUSTM

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22
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case for location?

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sturges v bridgman

23
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what is location meaning?

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what would be a nusiance in belgrave square not in Bermondsey - what do you expect?

24
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case for time?

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de keysers royal hotel v spicer bros ltd

25
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what is meaning of time?

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an injunction was granted to prevent noisy building works at night

26
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case for usefulness of d?

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stephens v anglian water authority/miller v jackson

27
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what is meaning of usefullness of d?

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basically like value of d’s activity inconvenient but important and reasonble

28
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case of sensitivity c?

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gaunt v finney

29
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what is meaning of sensitivity of c?

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if c over sensitive not allowed claim if nusiance wouldnt affect average person

30
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case of malice?

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chrisite v davey

31
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what is meaning of malice?

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if nuisance deliberate to antagonise then moretime actionable

32
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however what must you take into consideration with d?

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balance carefully dont give in to c too easily

33
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defences for private nuisance?

A

stat authority

presciption

34
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case for stat authority?

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allen v gulf oil refining ltd

35
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what is meant by stat authority?

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activity allowed based on stat/allowed/created

36
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what is meant by prescription?

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if c put up with nuisance 20 +yrs d will be able to continue if next c = 12 month can c

37
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what are the type of remedies?

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damages/injunction/abatement

38
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what are damages?

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financial compensation is available when c has suffered harm/prop damaged and suffered less by ash staining paint work

39
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what are injunction?

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a court oder to stop nuisance. most common. and most important to stop.

40
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what is abatement?

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c taking actions to stop nuisance but c needs to avoid criminal damage/trespass. normally involve c e.g cutting down neighbours

41
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what is public nuisance?

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nuisance that affects a group of people

42
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what is quote for public nuisance?

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“which materially affects the reasonable comfotrt and convenience of life a class of her majestys subjects”

43
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who said common law quote?

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per romer lj in attorney general v pya quarries

44
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what is meant materially affects?

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substantial and not trivial

45
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what are the types of nusiance?

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noisy and polluting factory- attorney general v pya quarries
pop concert= noise and traffic- ag of ontario v orange
blocking a canal- rose v millers
queuing on a highway causing obstruction -lyons v gulliver

46
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what can public nusiance be?

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can be single off event and substantial not trivial

47
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what must there then need to be after type of nuisance?

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reasonable comfort and convenience

48
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what is mean by reasonable comfort and convenience?

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no need to affect land just reasonable comfort and convenience of his life

portable tort- d & c could be anywhere just needs to satisfy rules and group of people “class of majesty subjects”

49
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what do you need to prove with reasonable comfort and convenience?

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need to prove group affected- only ones who can sue is those who suffer partial, special losses over and above ordinary inconvenience suffered by majority

50
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what is highway nuisance?

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common form / normal way in exam

51
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how was highway nuisance defined and who by?

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any from freely,safely,and conveniently passing along the highway- lord simmons in jacobs v london cc

52
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examples of highway nuisance?

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queues for a theatre blocking acess c’s shop-lyons v gulliver
putting up a stand in street to watch procession- campell v paddington corp’n
unreasonable use of highway during the night by hearing lorries-halsey v esso
using pipeline over pavement- farrel v john morolem

53
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defences for public nuisance?

A

stat authority

54
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remedies for public nuisance?

A

damages and injunctions as in private and economic loss =possible

prescription not as defence.

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