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Tort 4
Rylands v Fletcher
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Read v Lyons | Exploding shell - no escape |
| Giles v Walker | D didn't bring the 'thing' onto his land |
| Stannard v Gore | Fire escaped but fire wasn't brought onto land |
| Mason v Levy | Accumulation of combustible materials |
| Rylands v Fletcher | Reservoir leaked into mineshafts |
| Transco v Stockport | Water pipe was natural use of land |
| Cambridge Water v ECL | Chemicals were non-natural use |
| Hale v Jennings Brothers | Unusual - PI was allowed |
| Peters v Prince of Wales Theatre | Sprinklers - common benefit defence |
| Rickards v Lothian | Act of a stranger (also natural use!) |
| Nichols v Marsland | Act of God |
| AG NI v Corke | People were accumulated! |