Private Nuisance

• 1. Define Private Nuisance

  Private nuisance concerns activities which interfere with a person’s right to enjoy the use of his land in a reasonable way.
• 2. Who can sue


  Hunter v Canary Wharf, Malone v Laskey
• 3. Who can be sued?
• 4. Has there been a direct interference


  Physical damage to land, loss of amenity
• 5. Has there been an unreasonable use of land/interference


  Locality, Duration, seriousness, malice, social utility
• 6. Defences


  Statutory Authority, Local Authority Planning Permission, Perscription, Act of stranger
• Remedies

  Injunctions, Damages, Abatement