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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:law
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gptkbp:appealsTo
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gptkb:Court_of_Exchequer_Chamber
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gptkbp:area
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tort law
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gptkbp:citation
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LR 3 HL 330
[1868] UKHL 1
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:date
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1868
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:John_Rylands
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gptkbp:finalAppealTo
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gptkb:House_of_Lords
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Rylands_v_Fletcher_[1868]_UKHL_1
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Rylands v Fletcher case
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:English_tort_law
gptkb:environmental_policy
law of nuisance
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:House_of_Lords
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gptkbp:jurisdiction
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England and Wales
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gptkbp:key
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A person who brings onto his land and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes must keep it at his peril.
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gptkbp:notableJudge
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gptkb:Lord_Cairns
gptkb:Lord_Cranworth
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gptkbp:originatedIn
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gptkb:Court_of_Exchequer
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:Thomas_Fletcher
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gptkbp:plotSummary
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Established the rule of strict liability for damage caused by the escape of dangerous things from land.
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gptkbp:predecessor
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strict liability in tort
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gptkbp:principle
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strict liability
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gptkbp:relatedConcept
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escape of dangerous substances
non-natural use of land
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Cambridge_Water_Co_Ltd_v_Eastern_Counties_Leather_plc
gptkb:Transco_plc_v_Stockport_Metropolitan_Borough_Council
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:reservoir
flooding
mines
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Rylands_&_Sons_Ltd
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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