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Sturges v Bridgman. Sturges v Bridgman (1879) LR 11 Ch D 852

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Facts
  • A doctor moves next door to a confectioner
  • He is disturbed by the noises being made by the confectionary company
Issue
  • Nuisance?
Held
  • The fact that he had ‘come to’ the nuisance was no defence
  • The locality of the neighbourhood is relevant; what is OK in one place is not in another
  • Nuisance was made out

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