R v Crown Court at Liverpool and another, ex parte Cooke
R v Crown Court at Liverpool and another, ex parte Cooke
- 1996
- All England Law Reports [1996] 4 All ER 589-599(6) .
QBD 3 April 1996. Council tenant C contacted local authority L alleging their responsibility for the state of her accommodation, subject to rodent infestation, damp, and egress of foul water/sewage, amounting to statutory nuisance. L pleaded guilty when C brought proceedings after the nuisance had not been remedied. Damages initially put at £3,000 were dropped to £250 after appeal, the court concluding that compensation was payable only between the issue of the complaint and date of sentence. C appealed for judicial review, claiming the whole period of nuisance should be considered. Dismissed under provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 s82.
COMPENSATION
DAMP
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 S82
INFESTATION
POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS ACT 1973
R V LIVERPOOL CROWN COURT AND ANOTHER EX P COOKE
STATUTORY NUISANCE
QBD 3 April 1996. Council tenant C contacted local authority L alleging their responsibility for the state of her accommodation, subject to rodent infestation, damp, and egress of foul water/sewage, amounting to statutory nuisance. L pleaded guilty when C brought proceedings after the nuisance had not been remedied. Damages initially put at £3,000 were dropped to £250 after appeal, the court concluding that compensation was payable only between the issue of the complaint and date of sentence. C appealed for judicial review, claiming the whole period of nuisance should be considered. Dismissed under provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 s82.
COMPENSATION
DAMP
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 S82
INFESTATION
POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS ACT 1973
R V LIVERPOOL CROWN COURT AND ANOTHER EX P COOKE
STATUTORY NUISANCE