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Defences
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- 1What are not defences for nuisance?Someone came to the nuisance, what you are doing is useful, or more than one person is/had done it.
- 2What are the defence for nuisance?Prescription
Statutory authority - 3PrescriptionSturges v Bridgeman [1879], it is a defence if it has been actionable for 20 years, and the claimant was aware of it.
- 4StatutoryThe statute gives authority for the nuisance
- 5Allen v Gulf Oil Refining Ltd [1981]Given permission for compulsory purchase of land for an oil refinery.
The construction would not have been authorised without the statute.
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- Law of Tort (Nuisance) Flashcards on Defences, created by James Dolton on 09/03/2018.
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