CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
vii
Table of Casesxi
Table of Legislationxv
Table of Conventions, Treaties etcxvi
1Introduction
I.General
II.Outlook
III.Scope
IV.Use
1
1
2
4
4
2
The Conventional View
I. A Debate: A Comment on Style
II. The View
III. An Account of the Law
IV. Two Specific Difficulties with the Conventional View
V.Conclusion
5
5
6
7
9
13
3
The Grounds of Liability
I. Finding the Ground
II. Examining the Ground
III. The Structure of Analysis
IV. The Case Law
14
14
21
22
25
4
Illustrations of the General Principle
I. The Rule of Give and Take, Live and Let Live
II. The Location
III. The Sensitivity of the Claimant
IV. The Duration of the Interference
V. Isolated Events
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28
29
33
37
39
5 The Activity
I. The Description of the Parties’ Activities
II. The Malice Doctrine
43
43
51
6 Coming to a Nuisance
59
I.
Bliss v Hall59
II.
Sturges v Bridgman60
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Contents
III.
Miller v Jackson61
IV.
Kennaway v Thompson65
V. Why ‘Who Got There First?’ Does Not Matter
65
VI.
Miller v Jackson Revisited
67
7
A Nuisance Coming to You
I. Three Views
II. The Traditional Law
III. The Slide to Negligence
IV. Criticism of the Contemporary Approach
V. An Alternative Approach
VI. Revisiting the Case Law
8
Fault and Foreseeability
I.Introduction
II. Fault, Negligence and Foreseeability
III. Foreseeability and Nuisance
IV. Justifying Strict Liability
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69
70
71
76
79
85
95
95
96
100
105
9 The Rule in Rylands v Fletcher107
I. The Relationship between Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher107
II. The Place of Rylands v Fletcher in the Modern Law
115
10 The Parties
I. Standing: Who Can Sue?
II. Identifying the Defendant: Who Can Be Sued?
118
118
125
11 Statutory Authority
137
12Remedies
I.Injunctions
II.Remoteness
145
145
153
13Conclusion
156
Bibliography159
Index
161