Unit 10 of Law of Torts, Motor Accident Claims and Consumer Protection (syllabus: Nuisance). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- What must be proved to succeed in private nuisance?
- When may one individual sue on a public nuisance?
- When does the defendant's motive turn a lawful act into a nuisance?
- Which defences answer a nuisance claim, and which do not?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, s. 270
- Limitation Act 1963, s. 25
Leading cases
- St. Helen's Smelting Co. v. Tipping (1865)
- Dr. Ram Raj Singh v. Babulal
- Christie v. Davey [1893] 1 Ch 316
- Sturges v. Bridgman (1879) 11 Ch D 852