Damage caused to a house may result in an award of the diminution of the value of the house only.
Citations:
[1925] 2 KB 750
Cited by:
Cited – Hunter and Others v Canary Wharf Ltd HL 25-Apr-1997
The claimant, in a representative action complained that the works involved in the erection of the Canary Wharf tower constituted a nuisance in that the works created substantial clouds of dust and the building blocked her TV signals, so as to limit . .
Cited – Philips v Ward CA 1956
The Plaintiff had relied on a negligent survey to purchase a substantial Elizabethan property and land. The report did not mention that the timbers of the house were badly affected by death watch beetle and worm so that the only course left to him . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Nuisance, Damages
Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.195604