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BCL – May 2020 – L2 – Q4 – Tort

Discuss the types of nuisance, conditions for constituting nuisance, and the legal position and remedies available to a person affected by nuisance.

Question

Asantewaa lives in a quiet residential area. Next door, Kwickbuild Ltd, is carrying out extensive building works to a dilapidated old house. The builders who are working from dawn to dusk, seven (7) days a week, used a crane which passes over Asantewaa’s house. Asantewaa and her family are annoyed by the dust, dirt, and noise caused by the building works.

Required:

a) Identify the types of tort of nuisance.
(4 marks)

b) What TWO (2) conditions must be present for a conduct to constitute nuisance?
(6 marks)

c) Advise Asantewaa as to her legal position.
(6 marks)

d) State TWO (2) legal remedies available to her.
(4 marks)

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Tags: Interference, Legal Remedies, Nuisance, Private Nuisance, Public Nuisance, Tort Law, Unreasonable Conduct
Level: Level 1

Topic: Tort
Series: MAY 2020

BCL – Mar 2024 – L1 – Q2a – Tort

Analyze whether Atta Mante and the other residents will succeed in a court action against the Adiso District Council for nuisance.

Question

The Adiso District Council has been dumping garbage in a quarry close to a residential area at Abobo, where Atta Mante resides, and that Atta Mante alleged that the dumping of the refuse has often caused offensive and pestilential smell from vapours in the area, and that the stench emanating from the refuse had seriously interfered with their comfort and well-being. The Council denied having caused any discomfort to Atta Mante and the other residents and contended that the act complained of by Atta Mante and other residents, were conferred on the Council by law.

Required:

Explain whether Atta Mante and the other residents will succeed in any court action against Adiso District Council. (8 marks)

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Level: Level 1

Topic: Tort
Series: MAR 2024

BCL – May 2020 – L2 – Q4 – Tort

Discuss the types of nuisance, conditions for constituting nuisance, and the legal position and remedies available to a person affected by nuisance.

Question

Required:

a) Identify the types of tort of nuisance.
(4 marks)

b) What TWO (2) conditions must be present for a conduct to constitute nuisance?
(6 marks)

c) Advise Asantewaa as to her legal position.
(6 marks)

d) State TWO (2) legal remedies available to her.
(4 marks)

Answer

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Tags: Interference, Legal Remedies, Nuisance, Private Nuisance, Public Nuisance, Tort Law, Unreasonable Conduct
Level: Level 1

Topic: Tort
Series: MAY 2020

BCL – Mar 2024 – L1 – Q2a – Tort

Analyze whether Atta Mante and the other residents will succeed in a court action against the Adiso District Council for nuisance.

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Required:

Explain whether Atta Mante and the other residents will succeed in any court action against Adiso District Council. (8 marks)

Answer

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Tags: Environmental Law, Legal Action, Nuisance, Private Nuisance, Public Nuisance, Tort Law
Level: Level 1

Topic: Tort
Series: MAR 2024

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Discuss the types of nuisance, conditions for constituting nuisance, and the legal position and remedies available to a person affected by nuisance.

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Analyze whether Atta Mante and the other residents will succeed in a court action against the Adiso District Council for nuisance.

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Discuss the types of nuisance, conditions for constituting nuisance, and the legal position and remedies available to a person affected by nuisance.

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