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Nuisance order at flats quashed

Language: English Series: Times ; 25/6/87 p40Publication details: 1987Subject(s): Summary: In Birmingham City District Council v McMahon and Others , QBD 24 June 1987, owners of a block of flats could not be convicted on an information laid by the tenants alleging that the block as a whole was in such a state as to be prejudicial to health, contrary to the Public Health Act 1936 s92(1)(a) where the statutory nuisance complained of, related only to each flat.

In Birmingham City District Council v McMahon and Others , QBD 24 June 1987, owners of a block of flats could not be convicted on an information laid by the tenants alleging that the block as a whole was in such a state as to be prejudicial to health, contrary to the Public Health Act 1936 s92(1)(a) where the statutory nuisance complained of, related only to each flat.