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Tort Law - Rylands

Rylands v Fletcher

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Test for Rylands (1) D must bring harm onto the land (2) use of the land is non-natural (3)thing accumulated must be likely to cause damage if it escapes (4) escape (5) it caused foreseeable damage
AG NI v Corke people accumulated, they escaped and toileted a neighbouring property
Read v Lyons no escape (artillery shell in munitions facility)
Cambridge Water v ECL chemicals non-natural, but unforeseeable damage
Giles v Walker Thistle seeds that escaped grew naturally
Transco v Stockport Water in pipes is a natural use of land + can't claim for PI in rylands (non-natural = "extraordinary and unusual")
Hale v Jennings Bros Chairoplane escape - unusual - PI allowed
Stannard v Gore Tyres accumulated, but fire escaped
Nichols v Marsland Act of god caused flood, water in dam flood neighbouring property
Rickards v Lothian Act of stranger
Peters v Prince of Wales Theatre sprinklers - Common benefit defence
Mason v Levy Accumulation of flammable materials is non-natural
Can you claim for Personal Injury in rylands? no
Created by: Oscar.G
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