| 1. | While private nuisance is always actionable, public nuisance is not.
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| 2. | Any affected property owner has standing to sue for a private nuisance.
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| 3. | Lord Lloyd in his judgment referred to three areas of private nuisance:
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| 4. | In Scotland, there's no recognized distinction between public and private nuisances.
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| 5. | "Private nuisance " is the interference with the right of specific people.
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| 6. | The remedy for a private nuisance is by injunction, action for damages or abatement.
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| 7. | In recent decades, however, governments blurred the lines between public and private nuisance causes of action.
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| 8. | It's only when it becomes a " private nuisance " does it become tortious.
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| 9. | Donal Nolan has argued that to consider " Rylands " as part of private nuisance is unsound.
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| 10. | A private nuisance, differing in this respect from a public nuisance, may be legalized by uninterrupted use for twenty years.
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