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Chapter 17: The Rule in Rylands v Fletcher

Chapter 17: The Rule in Rylands v Fletcher

pp. 915-960

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, Queen Mary University of London
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Summary

Where D deliberately accumulates something on his land which amounts to a ‘non-natural user’ of his land, and which is likely to do damage to C’s land if it escapes, D is required by law to prevent its escape, and is liable for all the direct and foreseeable consequences of its escape.

Keywords

  • standing to sue
  • dangerous things that escape
  • reasonable foreseeability
  • deliberate accumulation
  • non-natural user
  • acts of God
  • acts of strangers
  • statutory authorisation
  • remedies
  • escape of fire

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