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035			_a(Sirsi) u111455
245			_aWandsworth LBC v Railtrack plc
260			_c2001
490			_aWeekly Law Reports _v[2001] 1 WLR, 23 February 2001, 368-386(19)
520			_aQBD 31 July 2000. Inconvenience was caused to pedestrians by pigeons, roosting under a railway bridge, who fouled the pavement below. The highway authority (B) incurred escalating costs through cleaning the pavement. B had permission to pigeon-proof the bridge but claimed the responsibility lay with A. In court proposed B was liable to them in public and/or private nuisance, and claimed reimbursement for cleaning costs. "Held", allowing the claim, that the pigeon infestation represented a public nuisance. Ruled there was no difference between nuisances involving physical damage and those interfering with comfort and inconvenience.
590			_aABS
650			_aWANDSWORTH LBC V RAILTRACK PLC
650			_aNUISANCE
650			_aPUBLIC NUISANCE
650			_aPRIVATE NUISANCE
650			_aPIGEONS
650			_aBRIDGES
650			_aABATEMENT
690			_aLAW
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