- 20 Marks
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
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