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035			_a(Sirsi) u10424
041			_aeng
245			_aStephens v Anglian Water Authority
260			_c1987
350			_a0
490			_aWeekly Law Reports _v(1987) 1 WLR 1381-1387(7)
520			_aCA 17 July 1987. Appeal by owner of cottage (S) against previous decision striking out her claim for damages against the defendant water authority (A) for negligence . A had extracted such quantities of water from underground reserves that part of S`s land collapsed. S alleged that A had been negligent in extracting water despite warnings that damage would result. At issue was whether A was entitled to extract underground water flowing through undefined channels, even if this caused damage to the land above. A number of authorities were considered and S sought to distinguish the decision in The Mayor and Corporation of Bradford v Pickles , (1895) AC 587, on two grounds : 1) In Bradford v Pickles HL had been concerned with the rights of the plaintiff, not with the duties of the defendant. CA did not accept that argument, pointing out that it was a necessary implication in Bradford v Pickles that HL, in referring to the rights of the defendant, must have negated any duty owed to the pl
650			_aDUTY OF CARE
650			_aLIABILITY
690			_aLAND-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c6573 _d6573