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Rights Of Light: Questions and answers – part 2
How is light measured, how are damages assessed and how is an actionable interference established? Andrew Francis answers some pertinent questions relating to rights of light ‘The ultimate question will be whether the reasonable beneficial use and enjoyment of the room (or the building) is affected.’ Question 1 How is light measured in rights of …
Cases Referenced
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- Allen v Greenwood [1980] Ch 119
- Carr-Saunders v Dick McNeil Associates [1986] 1 WLR 922
- Colls v Home & Colonial Stores Ltd [1904] UKHL 1
- Coventry v Lawrence [2011] EWHC 360 (QB); [2012] EWCA Civ 26; [2014] UKSC 13
- Deakins v Hookings [1994] 1 EGLR 190
- HKRUK II (CHC) Ltd v Heaney [2010] EWHC 2245 (Ch)
- Midtown Ltd v City of London Real Property Co Ltd [2005] EWHC 33 (Ch)
- Ough v King [1967] 1 WLR 1547
- Regan v Paul Properties [2006] EWHC 1941 (Ch); [2006] EWCA Civ 1391
- Shelfer v City of London Electric Lighting Co [1895] 1 Ch 287
- Tamares (Vincent Square) Ltd v Fairpoint Properties (Vincent Square) Ltd [2006] EWHC 3589 (Ch); [2007] EWHC 212 (Ch)