References: [1846] EngR 436, (1846) 15 M & W 244, (1846) 153 ER 840
Links: Commonlii
Section 86 of the 1774 Act applies to the whole country.
Statutes: Fires Prevention Metropolis Act 1774
This case is cited by:
- Cited – Stannard (T/A Wyvern Tyres) -v- Gore CA (Bailii, [2012] EWCA Civ 1248, [2013] Env LR 10, [2012] WLR(D) 266, [2012] 42 EG 133, [2013] 1 All ER 694)
The defendant, now appellant, ran a business involving the storage of tyres. The claimant neighbour’s own business next door was severely damaged in a fire of the tyres escaping onto his property. The court had found him liable in strict liability . .