{"id":13008,"date":"2018-12-18T20:19:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T20:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/?p=13008"},"modified":"2022-10-18T22:52:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T21:52:41","slug":"nuisance-in-tort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/nuisance-in-tort\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Nuisance in tort?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<b>Nuisance <\/b>in English law\u00a0is an area of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/what-is-tort\/\">tort<\/a> law broadly divided into two torts;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>private nuisance, where the actions of the defendant are &#8220;causing a substantial and unreasonable interference with a claimant&#8217;s land or his\/her use or enjoyment of that land&#8221; and<\/li>\n<li>public nuisance, where the defendant&#8217;s actions &#8220;materially affects the reasonable comfort and convenience of life of a class of Her Majesty&#8217;s subjects&#8221;;<sup id=\"cite_ref-ber241_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0public nuisance is also a crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each tort requires the claimant to prove that the defendant&#8217;s actions caused interference, which was unreasonable, and in some situations the intention of the defendant may also be taken into account.<\/p>\n<p>Private nuisance was defined in\u00a0<i>Bamford v Turnley<\/i>,<sup id=\"cite_ref-19\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup> where George Wilshere, 1st Baron Bramwell defined it as &#8220;any continuous activity or state of affairs causing a substantial and unreasonable interference with a (claimant&#8217;s) land or his use or enjoyment of that land&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Public nuisance concerns protecting the public, unlike private, which protects an individual. As such it is not only a tort but also a crime. There are a large range of issues which can be dealt with through public nuisance, including picketing on a road,\u00a0blocking a canal\u00a0or disrupting traffic by queuing in a road.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of their key differences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Private nuisance does not allow a claimant to claim for any personal injury suffered, while public nuisance does.<\/li>\n<li>Private nuisance, unlike public, is only a tort and damages for personal injuries are not recoverable.<\/li>\n<li>Under public, one can claim for personal injuries as well as damage to property.<\/li>\n<li>Public nuisance is primarily a crime; it only becomes a tort if the claimant can prove that they suffered &#8220;special damage&#8221; over and above the effects on the other affected people in the &#8220;class&#8221;.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>READ MORE<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuisance_in_English_law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuisance (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuisance in English law\u00a0is an area of\u00a0tort law broadly divided into two torts; private and public nuisance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,11],"tags":[243,197,238,239,237],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Nuisance in tort? 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