Nuisance Cases

Question 1

De Keyser’s Royal Hotel v Spicer Bros 1914
(Nuisance)

Answer 1

Building work at night.

Interference considered unreasonable as interferes with C’s sleep. D liable

Question 2

Hollywood Silver Fox Farm v Emmett 1936
(Nuisance)

Answer 2

D deliberately shot guns to scare foxes and prevent them from breeding.

D liable as done out of malice