The Development of Liability between Neighbours

This book examines the extent to which social and economic changes have had an impact on tortuous liability.

Cases arising from disputes between neighbours fall on the boundary between the law of tort and the law of property. This book examines the importance of these categories, as well as the extent to which social and economic changes have had an impact on the analysis of tortuous liability.Cases arising from disputes between neighbours (what English law would describe in terms of the law of nuisance) fall towards the edge of the law of tort, on its boundary with the law of property. They therefore provide a good example of how the categorisation of a case can affect the liability rule: tort law is typically concerned with fault, property law with strict liability. The aim of this book is to examine the importance of these category shifts, as well as the extent to which statutory interventions, planning control and the like have had an impact on the analysis of tortuous liability.