Hearings
England & Wales
04 Oct 2012 [2012] EWCA Civ 1248; [2014] QB 1; [2013] 3 WLR 623; [2013] 1 All ER 694; [2012] 3 EGLR 129; [2013] Env LR 10; [2012] WLR (D) 266, CA (Ward, Etherton, Lewison LJJ)
Gore v Stannard (trading as Wyvern Tyres)
Subject Matter
RYLANDS V FLETCHER — Fire damage — Liability — Fire breaking out on defendant’s premises as result of electrical fault — Tyres stored on premises by defendant feeding fire — Fire spreading and causing damage to claimant’s premises — Whether escape of dangerous thing from defendant’s land — Whether strict liability rule applying
Commentary
New Law Journal
Fire escape
(2013) 166 NLJ 96