Deakins v Hookings
Deakins v Hookings
- 1994
- Estates Gazette (1994) 14 EG 133-138(6) .
London County Court 24 September 1993. Appeal by D for an injunction, or alternatively damages for wrongful interference with a right of light, by H. Held, there had been an actionable interference to right to light in one of the rooms; a mandatory injunction would be granted as D`s loss had been serious enough to justify the inconvenience and expense in removing the interference to light. If the case was to proceed further, the judge assessed damages he would award as an alternative to a mandatory injunction: £45,000, being 15% of the benefit of the development to H.
DAMAGES
EASEMENTS
INJUNCTIONS
INTERFERENCE
RIGHTS TO LIGHT
London County Court 24 September 1993. Appeal by D for an injunction, or alternatively damages for wrongful interference with a right of light, by H. Held, there had been an actionable interference to right to light in one of the rooms; a mandatory injunction would be granted as D`s loss had been serious enough to justify the inconvenience and expense in removing the interference to light. If the case was to proceed further, the judge assessed damages he would award as an alternative to a mandatory injunction: £45,000, being 15% of the benefit of the development to H.
DAMAGES
EASEMENTS
INJUNCTIONS
INTERFERENCE
RIGHTS TO LIGHT