Transport for NSW v Hunt Leather Pty Ltd; Hunt Leather Pty Ltd v Transport for NSW

• 1. Torts
  2. › Nuisance
  3. › Private nuisance
  4. › Substantial and unreasonable interference with enjoyment of property
  5. › Construction works on public road
  6. › Whether sufficient evidence that pre-construction investigation would have reduced interference
  7. › Whether failure to take reasonable care determinative of nuisance claim
  8. › Whether onus on defendant to establish reasonable care
• 1. Torts
  2. › Nuisance
  3. › Private nuisance
  4. › Relevance of reasonable care to liability
  5. › Whether nuisance requires proof of failure to take reasonable care
  6. › Whether 'construction cases' form special category
  7. › Distinction between reasonableness of use and reasonableness of interference
• 1. Torts
  2. › Nuisance
  3. › Private nuisance
  4. › Statutory authority defence
  5. › Whether interference inevitable result of statutory task
  6. › Whether defendant could have done anything to reduce period of occupation
  7. › Transport Administration Act 1988 (NSW), ss 104L, 104N, 104O
• 1. Torts
  2. › Nuisance
  3. › Private nuisance
  4. › Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), s 43A
  5. › Whether section applies to nuisance claims
  6. › Whether liability 'based on' exercise of 'special statutory power'
  7. › Whether planning construction of light rail system constitutes exercise of special statutory power

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