Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons
(2019)
Book Chapter
Rotherham, C. (2019). Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons. In B. McFarlane, & S. Agnew (Eds.), Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 10, 145-166. Hart Publishing
An occupier who enjoys light through a window in England, Wales or Northern Ireland for 20 years acquires an easement, the breach of which will amount to a nuisance. While other common law jurisdictions inherited the English law on ‘ancient lights’,... Read More about Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons.