Rex v Jones: 1811

(Year?) A land owner has the right to obstruct the highway for the purpose of repairing his house so long as the inconvenience is ‘necessarily’ so caused and it is not prolonged for an unreasonable time.

Citations:

3 Camp 230

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedWestminster City Council v Ocean Leisure Limited CA 21-Jul-2004
The claimant company owned property next to land which had been acquired to build a new bridge across the Thames. It sought compensation for disturbance to its business from the works.
Held: The state of the law was complicated and . .
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Land

Updated: 24 November 2022; Ref: scu.201636