Rylands v Fletcherstrict liabilitycomparative lawIn this case note, the recent decision of the House of Lords in the case of Transco v. Stockport is discussed from a comparative law point of view. The case illustrates the reserve that the House of Lords usually displays with regard to the ...
The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher - under which a landowner can be held strictly liable for a "non-natural" (or special) use of his land which causes damage to his neighbours - as had a chequered history. When the rule was first formulated by Blackburn J. in the middle of the 19th ce...
Helen Fletcher Sams, were the only two doctors I ever saw as a child. They were the healthcare of Fayette County at their office on Jeff Davis Drive for many years, which featured enormous goldfish in an indoor fountain/pond that diverted many a child waiting to be seen. Dr. Sams ...
The Reception of Rylands V. Fletcher Rule in Ceylon: A Review on the Judicial Activism in Introducing Principles of English Law in Colonial EraIsankhya Gammanpila
LOONEY, J.W.: "Rylands v. Fletcher revisited: a comparison of English, Australian and Ameri- can approaches to common law liability for dangerous agricultural activities", Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, Vol. 1, Issue 2 (Winter 1996), pp. 149-172....
Rylands v Fletcherstrict liabilitycomparative lawIn this case note, the recent decision of the House of Lords in the case of Transco v. Stockport is discussed from a comparative law point of view. The case illSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Courts have previously illustrated that liability for injurious action must lie with the individual who created the risk of damage under the common law rule of Rylands v. Fletcher. Having fallen out of favour in the twentieth century, this article proposes a re-articulation of the rule to cover...
After surveying\nthe inadequacy of CSR as a substitute for host state legal regulation,\nwhich is generally lacking, this paper highlights the potential of tort law,\nand specifically the rule in Rylands v Fletcher, to ground foreign\nplaintiffs' claims for environmental harm arising out of ...
Fletcher represents a parallel development with respect to strict liability. Rylands generalizes ancient forms of liability in nuisance and trespass into a coherent, general alternative to fault liability. The opinions in the case both articulate strict liability as a general principle of responsibility ...
The article examines recent rulings from the U nited S tates and the U nited K ingdom, as well as precedent from the U nited K ingdom and I reland to establish the manner in which the rule of Rylands v. Fletcher might be successfully re‐articulated in the context of contemporary ...