Mark Stannard (t/a Wyvern Tyres) v Robert Raymond Harvey Gore [electronic resource]

Mark Stannard (t/a Wyvern Tyres) v Robert Raymond Harvey Gore [electronic resource] - 2012

[2012] EWCA Civ 1248, 4 October 2012. Considers whether a landowner could be held responsible for fire damage to adjoining property when the fire originated on his land but he wasn't negligent. The court decided that appellant S was liable under the Rylands v Fletcher rule because the fire had spread to respondent G's property. "Held": CA found that Rylands did not reply and overturned the decision in favour of S.


STANNARD (t/a WYVERN TYRES) V GORE
RYLANDS V FLETCHER


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