The English Common Law Approach to Flooding Nuisance Case

Abstract

Floods are natural events, but mankind's activities affect flooding. The English common law on flooding nuisance is a long established area of environmental law where a flood event that can have far reaching effects on people and the environment. This is obviously important for property rights issues such as the right to defend their own property from flooding and the unlawful interference with a person’s use or enjoyment of their own property. This academic article aims to briefly examine common law on flooding nuisance in English legal system that reflect the way of balancing the rights to protect property from flooding and the duty to take flood defence action.

Keyword: Common Law; Property Rights; Torts; Flooding Nuisance