Rylands v Fletcher

• smith v scott: the occupier can be sued under rylands v fletcher
• weller v foot in mouth disease: anyone with an interest in one can sue under rylands v fletcher
• rickards v lothian:

  non-natural use of land:

  • potential dangerous activity (cambridge v eastern countries)
  • large quantities
  • domestic use is always natural
  • public benefit is always natural
• read v lyons: the thing has escaped if it has gone from one occupiers land to another
• stanard v gore:

  thing on fire must escape not the fire itself
• nicholls v marsland: act of god is a defence
• box v jubb: act of a stranger
• green v chelsea waterworks: statutory authority