{"id":5336,"date":"2018-03-07T09:26:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T09:26:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-06-14T14:13:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:13:28","slug":"de-keysers-royal-hotel-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawteacher.net\/cases\/de-keysers-royal-hotel-case.php","title":{"rendered":"De Keyser\u2019s Royal Hotel v Spicer Bros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>De Keyser\u2019s Royal Hotel v Spicer Bros (1914) 30 TLR 257<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Private Nuisance \u2013 Injunction \u2013 Building Work \u2013 Continuing State of Affairs<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"facts\">Facts<\/h3>\n<p>The defendants were constructing a building nearby to the claimant\u2019s hotel.&nbsp; This involved the excavation of the foundations and pile-driving operations to be carried out as a result.&nbsp; The excavation work was carried on between 7:30pm and 6:40am, with pile-driving operations being carried on mostly during the daytime.&nbsp; However, on one occasion the pile-driving continued throughout the night.&nbsp; The claimant\u2019s brought a claim in private nuisance alleging that the ongoing activity prevented guests from sleeping and from guests being able to hear the speaker after dinner.&nbsp; The claimants sought an injunction to prevent the work being carried out at these times.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"issues\">Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Whether the defendant\u2019s temporary building works could constitute a nuisance.&nbsp; Whether or not the temporary work was of a consistent enough nature to constitute a continuous interference with the claimant\u2019s amenities and the enjoyment of their land.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"decision\">Decision\/Outcome<\/h3>\n<p>The claim was successful.&nbsp; The defendants had not operated their excavation and building in a reasonable manner, and the interference with the claimant\u2019s land was capable of constituting a continuous interference with their enjoyment of their land.&nbsp; This was the case even though the building works were temporary in nature and would eventually cease, because the works had continued throughout the evening for a matter of months and because they had been carried out at unreasonable times in the evening and through the night.&nbsp; This had resulted in the guests being unable to sleep.&nbsp; Private nuisance did not require that the nuisance be completely permanent in nature, but it was required that it was continuous.&nbsp; This was so in this case, and as such the injunction could be granted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defendants were constructing a building nearby to the claimant\u2019s hotel.\u00a0This involved the excavation of the foundations and 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