CPD Fact Sheet 5
How do court decisions influence rights of light outcomes?
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A practical guide to how courts assess rights of light disputes, including when injunctions or compensation may be awarded.
- Understand what a Light Obstruction Notice does
- Learn how a drafting anomaly in the 1959 Act affects the timing of rights being acquired
- Includes modern authorities such as Handston Investments Ltd v Abri Group Ltd (2024), Bankside Yards Ltd v London Borough of Southwark (2023), Beaumont v Florala (2018), and Ottercroft v Scandia Care (2016)
- Understand how courts approach injunctions versus damages
- See how long-established legal principles are applied in practice today
An overview of case law commonly relied upon in modern rights of light matters


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