Gordon Wignall

Barrister, Six Pump Court

Gordon Wignall is a barrister at Six Pump Court

New light on nuisance: Cooper v. Ludgate House

Fancourt J.'s judgment refines remedies in nuisance and right to light claims for major developments.

Has private nuisance lost its traditional flexibility as an independent tort?

The High Court clarifies private nuisance post-Fearn, blurring boundaries with negligence and redefining harm to amenity

Abatement notice variation: a landmark ruling's impact on local authorities

Gordon Wignall looks at a recent judgment about the power to vary an abatement notice with some remarks of wider interest as to statutory interpretation

Nuisance law and a diverging of judgments

Gordon Wignall explores a nuisance case in the Supreme Court about the Tate Modern and Richard Roger's glass dwellers' lack of privacy

The law of nuisance

Gordon Wignall reviews several court judgments which reflect developments in nuisance law

The modern day CFA

Gordon Wignall asks whether an assignment of a personal injury CFA is possible

A dead certâ€¦ or a nuisance?

The risks for developers of nuisance claims being brought could lead to more serious consequences than simply paying out compensation, says Gordon Wignall

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