19. Actions under the rule of Rylands v Fletcher

2021 ◽  
pp. 583-604
Author(s):  
Kirsty Horsey ◽  
Erika Rackley
Keyword(s):  
Borough Council

This chapter examines the rule from Rylands v Fletcher [1868]. The rule holds that where there has been an escape of a dangerous thing in the course of a non-natural use of land, the occupier of that land is liable for the damage to another caused as a result of the escape, irrespective of fault. The rule today is best understood through a trilogy of cases: Rylands v Fletcher, Cambridge Water Co Ltd v Eastern Counties Leather plc [1994] and Transco v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council [2004]. The development of the rule has led to an increased overlap with ideas from nuisance and negligence.

scholarly journals The Regulations of the Local Sea Fisheries Committees in England and Wales

1897 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Allen
Keyword(s):  
England And Wales ◽  
Coast Line ◽  
Borough Council ◽  
Fisheries Regulation

The powers conferred on the Board of Trade, under the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act of 1888, to create, upon the application of a County or Borough Council, a local Fisheries District, and to provide for the constitution of a Local Fisheries Committee for the regulation of the sea fisheries carried on within the district, have been requisitioned by the majority of the Councils of the maritime counties of England and Wales, and at the present time Fisheries Districts and Fisheries Committees are constituted around nearly the whole coast line, the Committees having jurisdiction over all fishing carried on within the three-mile limit. The only portion of coast still unprovided for is that which lies in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, between Happisburg and Dovercourt.

Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington London Borough Council [1996] 2 AC 669, House of Lords

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Whayman
Keyword(s):  
London Borough ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
Borough Council

Essential Cases: Equity & Trusts provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington London Borough Council [1996] 2 AC 669, House of Lords. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Derek Whayman.

Transco plc v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council [2004] 2 AC 1

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Purshouse
Keyword(s):  
Tort Law ◽  
Borough Council

Essential Cases: Tort Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Transco plc v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council [2004] 2 AC 1. The document also included supporting commentary from author Craig Purshouse.

19. Actions under the rule of Rylands v Fletcher

Tort Law ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 582-604
Author(s):  
Kirsty Horsey ◽  
Erika Rackley
Keyword(s):  
Borough Council

This chapter examines the rule from Rylands v Fletcher [1868]. The rule holds that where there has been an escape of a dangerous thing in the course of a non-natural use of land, the occupier of that land is liable for the damage to another caused as a result of the escape, irrespective of fault. The rule today is best understood through a trilogy of cases: Rylands v Fletcher, Cambridge Water Co Ltd v Eastern Counties Leather plc [1994] and Transco v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council [2004]. The development of the rule has led to an increased overlap with ideas from nuisance and negligence.

St. Pancras Borough Council: Its Motto

1908 ◽  
Vol s10-X (256) ◽  
pp. 412-412
Author(s):  
Hippoclides
Keyword(s):  
Borough Council
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