Rylands and Fletchers

• 1. Does C have a legal interest in the land affected by the escape


  Hunter v Canary Wharf
• 2. Did D voluntarily accumulate the thing on the land from which it escaped?


  Rylands and Fletchers, Ellison v Ministry of Defence
• 3. Was the thing that accumulated likely to cause mischief if it escaped?


  Transco Plc
• 4. Did D make a non-natural use of his land?


  Rickards v Lothian
• 5. Did the thing escape and cause damage


  Read v Lyons
• 6. Was the damage caused by the thing that escaped reasonably foreseeable?


  Cambridge Water v Eastern Counties Leather
• 7. Remedies


  Damages
• Defences


  Act of stranger, Statutory Authority, Act of God, Fault of C, Contributory Negligence