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United Kingdom Leading Case private nuisanceinjunctions tort

Coventry v Lawrence

[2014] UKSC 13
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK Supreme Court
Year2014
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Planning permission does not authorise private nuisance; coming to the nuisance is not a defence; damages may be awarded in lieu of an injunction.

Key Principle

nuisance; planning permission does not authorise nuisance; coming to nuisance not a defence; damages in lieu of injunction

Area of Law

tort

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