PATRICIA HUNTER and Others v CANARY WHARF Ltd PATRICIA HUNTER and Others v LONDON DOCKLANDS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

(1996) 75 BLR 27

Court of Appeal

Neil, Waite and Pill LJJ

Private nuisance - Whether interference with television reception constituted private nuisance - What interest in property was required to claim in private nuisance

Public nuisance - Whether interference with television reception constituted public nuisance - Whether the plaintiffs constituted a sufficient class of the public to claim in public nuisance

Statutory authority - Whether defence of statutory authority available to defendant - Statutory scheme for regeneration of London Docklands area Negligence - Damage - Annoyance and discomfort insufficient to constitute action - Whether deposition of dust constituted damage