Question 1
Public nuisance
A public nuisance are acts which seriously interfere with the health, safety, comfort or convenience
of the public generally or which tend to degrade public morals have always been considered a public
nuisance.
Lim Kar Bee v Abdul Latif bin Ismail
It was held that it was unreasonable and dangerous to leaver long steel pipes with sharp edges by
the side of a highway for one or two years, as this would create a danger to users of the highway.
Private nuisance
It was an unlawful interference with a person use comfort enjoyment and any interest that a person
may have over his land.
Read v Lyons & Co Ltd
Private nuisance is defined as an unlawful, substantial and unreasonable interference with a person’s
use, comfort, enjoyment and any interest that a person may have over his land.
No claim in nuisance or
under the rule can arise
if the events
complained
of take
place
wholly on
the
land
of
a
single
occupier.
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