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rylands v fletchernon natural usenuisance
Rainham Chemical Works Ltd v Belvedere Fish Guano Co Ltd
[1921] 2 AC 465
Key Principle
The strict liability rule in Rylands v Fletcher attaches to a person who, for his own purposes, brings and accumulates a dangerous substance on land which then escapes and causes damage, and such liability may fall on those who actually carry on the dangerous manufacture, not only the landowner.
Area of Law
General
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