Rylands v Fletcher

Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1879

Principle established: A defendant is not liable under Rylands where the escape was caused by the unforeseeable act of a stranger over whom he had no control.

Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1994

Principle established: Foreseeability of damage of the relevant type is needed under Rylands v Fletcher, as in nuisance.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1972-73

Principle established: A person who brings and accumulates on land anything likely to cause harm if it escapes is strictly liable for all direct consequences of its escape, absent plaintiff fault or Act of God.

Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1876

Principle established: An act of God, a natural event no human foresight could provide against, is a defence to Rylands v Fletcher.

Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1943

Principle established: Where the claimant has expressly or impliedly consented to the source of danger, especially where it is for common benefit, the rule does not apply.

Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1947

Principle established: Rylands v Fletcher needs an escape of the thing from land the defendant occupies or controls to a place outside it.

Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1913

Principle established: Non-natural use means some special use that brings increased danger to others, not the ordinary use of land. The malicious act of a stranger is a defence.

Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1868

Principle established: A person who for his own purposes brings onto his land and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes must keep it in at his peril, and is liable for the natural consequences of its escape (non-natural use of land).

United Kingdom · 1868

Principle established: A person who brings onto his land something likely to do mischief if it escapes is strictly liable for damage caused by its escape, even without negligence.