“…hat all the diminution in value damages were irrecoverable in law in a case like this, based on the decision of the Court of Appeal in Williams v National Rail [2018] EWCA Civ 1514, [2019] QB 601 (Sir Terence Etherton MR, Sharp and Legatt LJJ). Therefore the District Judge dismissed the claim.…”
“…Finally, in this brief review of some of the leading cases on nuisance, mention should be made of Williams v Network Rail Infrastructure Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1514; [2019] QB 601, on which Mr Dunning relied so heavily. This was a case about Japanese knotweed growing on the defendant’s land. The principal issue was the def…”
“…The principles of the cause of action for private nuisance were recently summarised by the Court of Appeal in Williams v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1514, [2019] QB 601, at [40]-[45]. What was said there may be broken down into the following headline points.…”