Regina v Bristol City Council ex parte Everett: Admn 13 May 1998

The risk of an accident from a steep staircase to a disabled tenant was not a statutory nuisance. The possibility of an accident is not the same as a source of injury to health. Buxton LJ: ‘The limitation of the reach of this Statute to disease and ill-health is too long standing and deep rooted to be susceptible now to any different interpretation.’

Judges:

Buxton LJ

Citations:

Times 27-May-1998, Gazette 10-Jun-1998, [1998] EWHC Admin 534, [1999] 31 HLR 1102

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Environmental Protection Act 1990 79(1)(a)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedRegina v Bristol City Council ex parte Everett CA 26-Feb-1999
A steep staircase in a house which might lead to an accident was not because of that fact a statutory nuisance. It was not directly prejudicial to health as required by the Act for liability. . .
Appealed toRegina v Bristol City Council ex parte Everett CA 26-Feb-1999
A steep staircase in a house which might lead to an accident was not because of that fact a statutory nuisance. It was not directly prejudicial to health as required by the Act for liability. . .

Cited by:

Appeal fromRegina v Bristol City Council ex parte Everett CA 26-Feb-1999
A steep staircase in a house which might lead to an accident was not because of that fact a statutory nuisance. It was not directly prejudicial to health as required by the Act for liability. . .
Appeal fromRegina v Bristol City Council ex parte Everett CA 26-Feb-1999
A steep staircase in a house which might lead to an accident was not because of that fact a statutory nuisance. It was not directly prejudicial to health as required by the Act for liability. . .
CitedVella v London Borough of Lambeth Admn 14-Nov-2005
The claimant sought judicial review of the decision to serve an abatement notice in respect of premises where the normal noise incidents of living were heard in neighbouring flats, which notices were to be abated by noise insulation.
Held: The . .
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Updated: 25 July 2022; Ref: scu.138655