Coventry v Lawrence

[2014] BLR 271

SUPREME COURT

Before Lord Justice Neuberger,Lord Justice Mance,Lord Justice Clarke,Lord Justice Sumption,Lord Justice Carnwath

Nuisance – Private nuisance – Nuisance of personal discomfort – Noise – Establishing a prescriptive right – Relevance of coming to the nuisance – Assessing character of the locality and relevance of use of defendant's premises – Relevance of planning permission to character of locality. – Injunction – To restrain a nuisance – Approach to be adopted by a court – Whether to award damages instead.