Seminar 22 - Tort - Group CR204 - Nuisance and Rylands & Fletcher by Claire Turner https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr en-us 2017-01-24 13:06:30 UTC 2026-01-18 18:05:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Derek buys a large house in an area with a mix of private houses, shops and restaurants. He uses the house as a nursery school for twenty-five children between the ages of two and five. During lunchtime, if the weather is fine, the children play in the back garden. The noise of the shrieking children disturbs diners on the terrace at Eli's neighbouring restaurant, and Eli notices a reduction in the number of lunchtime customers.The children have also invented a game which involves trying to throw sticks and stones from the garden over a tall hedge into Farzana's neighbouring garden. Sticks and stones regularly fly over the hedge at lunchtime regularly breaking the windows of Farzana’s house. When Derek refuses to pay for the damage Farzana cuts down most of the hedge and burns a pile of the clippings on a bonfire each lunchtime for a week. The smoke is so acrid that Derek has to keep the children indoors and several of Eli's customers complain and leave without ordering.Derek uses a strong chemical to clean the toilets of the nursey school and stores the chemical in containers in his shed. Unfortunately, the chemical leaks through an invisible crack in one of the containers onto Eli’s land and cause considerable damage to outdoor furniture on his terrace.Advise the parties. claire43 https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525359410 2023-03-21 13:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525359410 Claim 1 - Eli claimant, Derek (D) - noise nuisance children disturbing his lunchtime customers claire43 https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525361550  Intangible - interest in the land - owns cafe (Hunter v Canary Wharf). Sedleigh Denfield - reasonable user - balancing rights.

Factors to consider whether reasonable user - Locality (Sturges v Bridgman) - ' an area with a mix of private houses, shops and restaurants' - clearly a built up area where you would expect a certain degree of noise. 
Abnormally sensitive - Christie v Davy - as they are diners, abnormally sensitive as children in a built up area wouldn't affect a reasonable person. 
Duration and frequency - Depends on how long outside but in a built up area for a few hours unlikely to be unreasonable. 
Emanates from the nursery (Lippiatt).]]> 2023-03-21 13:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525361550 Claim 2 - Farzana (C), Derek (D) - Stones breaking windows of her house claire43 https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525363246 Tangible - physical damage (St Helen's)]]> 2023-03-21 13:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525363246 Claim 3 - Derek (C) Farzana (D) - smell bonfire each lunchtime for a week - result children indoors claire43 https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525365618 2023-03-21 13:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525365618 Claim 4 - Eli (C) Farzana (D) - smell smoke - loss of customers restaurant claire43 https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525367089 2023-03-21 13:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525367089 Claim 5 - Eli (C) and Derek (D) - chemical leaks claire43 https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525368273 2023-03-21 13:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/claire43/9uyvneixodzr/wish/2525368273