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035			_a(Sirsi) u102757
245			_aDelaware Mansions Ltd and another v Westminster CC
260			_c1999
490			_aEstates Gazette _v[1999] 46 EG 194-196(3)
520			_aCA 21 July 1999. In June 1990 the second appellant company (A) purchased the freehold of a number of blocks of flats. The first defendant (D) acted as a maintenance company for the tenants, who owned the company. Prior to the purchase, D had been advised the property was being damaged by the roots of a tree for which the Council (W) were responsible. W refused to fell the tree, and remedial works were carried out to the property. The court below found that because most or all of the damage had occurred prior to purchase and that A and D therefore had no cause of action in nuisance. A and D appealed. "Held" A's appeal allowed: it was irrelevant that the nuisance had existed before A purchased the properties.
590			_aABS
650			_aNUISANCE
650			_aSUBSIDENCE
650			_aTREE ROOTS
650			_aREMEDIAL WORKS
650			_aDELAWARE MANSIONS LTD AND ANOTHER V WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL
650			_aUNDERPINNING
650			_aDAMAGES
690			_aPROPERTY LAW AND PRACTICE-CASE LAW
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999			_c61738 _d61738