Extinction Rebellion: Paralympian James Brown guilty over plane stunt – BBC News
‘A former Paralympian who glued himself to the roof of a plane has been found guilty of causing a public nuisance.’
BBC News, 29th July 2021
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‘A former Paralympian who glued himself to the roof of a plane has been found guilty of causing a public nuisance.’
BBC News, 29th July 2021
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‘In this month’s Construction Law 4KBW’s Chris Bryden (2003) and Georgia Whiting (2011) examine the tort of private nuisance, a complex area which they warn has the potential to affect construction professionals in far-reaching (and evolving) ways.’
4 King's Bench Walk, 3rd June 2021
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‘Trees can provoke a surprising number of legal disputes which frequently lead to either civil or even criminal litigation.’
New Square Chambers, 1st February 2021
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‘Some of us are unfortunate enough to encounter nightmare neighbours who negatively impact our day-to-day life to varying degrees. This article seeks to explore the options available to clients who need to take further steps to resolve their neighbour disputes.’
Becket Chambers, 5th January 2021
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‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a marketing company £250,000 for making over 365,000 nuisance calls asking people about accidents and pretending to be from their insurer.’
Legal Futures, 17th December 2020
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‘A breach of lease case in the Upper Tribunal which, despite the names, appears to be between two unrelated people. So I shall call them L – the leaseholder – and F – the freeholder – to avoid multiple Gibbins related confusion.’
Nearly Legal, 13th December 2020
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‘A High Court judge has issued his reasons for last month granting Hillingdon Council a limited interim injunction preventing a number of named defendants and persons unknown from doing certain acts on land at Harefield Moor owned by the council and adjoining the site of construction works for part of the HS2 railway line.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th August 2020
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‘A High Court judge has given his reasons for granting, despite his misgivings, the London Borough of Hackney an interim injunction against anti-social behaviour in a park.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd July 2020
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‘This case involved the ancient tort of public nuisance. Such a claim is addressed to behaviour which inflicts damage, injury or inconvenience on all members of a class who come within the sphere or neighbourhood of its operation.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th July 2020
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‘In his judgment in R (on the application of Susan Fisher) v. Durham County Council [2020] EWHC [2020] EWHC 1277 (Admin) handed down in the Leeds District Registry on 21 May 2020, Julian Knowles J. has dismissed a challenge brought by Susan Fisher, a woman with a neurological disorder which cases her to make involuntary sounds and noises, including words and phrases, against the decision of my client Durham County Council to serve her with a abatement notice under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“EPA 1990”).’
Francis Taylor Building, 21st May 2020
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‘Courts must take care not to “overreact in unprecedented times”, a former director of public prosecutions has said, amid concerns that lengthy sentences being imposed during the coronavirus crisis could be excessive.’
The Guardian, 19th April 2020
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‘This was a review hearing for a quia timet injunction against ‘car cruising’ in areas of the Claimant local authorities before His Honour Judge Worster sitting as a High Court Judge in the QBD, Birmingham District Registry. ‘Car cruising’, or ‘street cruising’ as it is sometimes defined, is a congregation of two or more motor vehicles driving dangerously or in an anti-social way so as to cause nuisance, damage or danger to the public; usually gatherings to race or perform stunts in cars, motorbikes or quad bikes, which have been a particular problem in particular parts of Birmingham.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 3rd April 2020
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‘A man who boasted on social media of visiting a hospital without a medical reason has been jailed for 12 weeks.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2020
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‘There was no cause of action that existed in respect of a private nuisance for overlooking. The instant case was more akin to an invasion of privacy rather than nuisance, and Parliament should be the body to legislate that area rather than the Courts.’
Tanfield Chambers, 25th February 2020
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‘In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Gordon Wignall and Natasha Hausdorff consider recent flooding events in the UK, the Tate Gallery viewing platform case and the rise in fly-tipping and organised crime.’
Six Pump Court, 19th February 2020
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‘This is the latest round of what is becoming the most heavily litigated stretch of air space in London, assorted leaseholders of Neo Bankside against the Tate Modern, over the overlooking of their flats (plate glass walls and all) from the viewing platform on the Tate Modern extension.’
Nearly Legal, 19th February 2020
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‘The Neo Bankside development is a striking modern development designed by Richard Rogers and Partners (now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners). It is on the south side of the River Thames and is adjacent to the Tate Modern, Britain’s National gallery of international modern art, which is based in the former Bankside Power Station.’
Falcon Chambers, February 2020
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‘The Court of Appeal has just dismissed the actions in nuisance by residents of flats adjacent to the the Tate Modern art gallery on the south bank of the River Thames in central London. (Disclaimer: the author of this post has just moved into an apartment in the area but has no association with the flats or the residents central to this appeal.)’
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th February 2020
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‘Flat owners overlooked by Tate Modern visitors on a viewing platform have been dealt a legal blow in a row over their privacy. Residents of Neo Bankside want to stop “hundreds of thousands of visitors” watching them from the platform. But the Court of Appeal has dismissed their claim to privacy saying they should “lower their solar blinds”.’
BBC News, 12th February 2020
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