Private and Public
Nuisance
Section B
Unit 2
, Oracy Fra
Connect Activity… Discuss this - Phy
- Ling
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What if this was your neighbour? What does it have
Law?
,By the end of the topic you should
be able to;
• Understand the tort of private nuisance
• Apply the law to factual situations
, Public Nuisance
• Public nuisance – where a group of people is affected by the use o
land in the locality.
• Different to private nuisance as it potentially affects more people t
just immediate neighbours.
• Attorney v General v PYA Quarries Ltd (1957) - Romer LJ defined
public nuisance as ‘something which materially affects the reasona
comfort and convenience of a class of Her Majesty’s subjects’.
Nuisance
Section B
Unit 2
, Oracy Fra
Connect Activity… Discuss this - Phy
- Ling
image
What if this was your neighbour? What does it have
Law?
,By the end of the topic you should
be able to;
• Understand the tort of private nuisance
• Apply the law to factual situations
, Public Nuisance
• Public nuisance – where a group of people is affected by the use o
land in the locality.
• Different to private nuisance as it potentially affects more people t
just immediate neighbours.
• Attorney v General v PYA Quarries Ltd (1957) - Romer LJ defined
public nuisance as ‘something which materially affects the reasona
comfort and convenience of a class of Her Majesty’s subjects’.
