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Tate & Lyle: Pure Economic Loss And The Modern Tort Of Public Nuisance, Andrew Botterell, Jason Neyers
Tate & Lyle: Pure Economic Loss And The Modern Tort Of Public Nuisance, Andrew Botterell, Jason Neyers
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Professor Lewis Klar criticizes the Canadian approach to the tort o f public nuisance for being illogical and incoherent. The authors agree with Klar's assessment o f the current state of public nuisance law, but argue that insights drawn from the House o f Lords decision in Tate & Lyle Industries Ltd. v. Greater London Council offer a way forward. By conceptualizing the tort o f public nuisance as a cause o f action that protects subjects from suffering actual loss that is consequential on the violation of their passage and fishing rights over public property, Tate & Lyle offers …