Tort: nuisance. Wandsworth London Borough Council v. Railtrack plc, The Times 12 October 2000 QBD. The droppings from pigeons roosting under a railway bridge over Balham High Road affected people walking under the bridge and also made a mess of the pavement under the bridge. The local authority claimed that this amounted to a public and/or The claimant, Susan Jane Dunnett, appealed against the judgment of His Honour Judge Graham Jones in the Cardiff County Court on 1st December 1999, whereby he dismissed her claim against the defendant, Railtrack Plc, for damages arising out of the death of three of her horses on 17th June 1996 on the Swansea to London Railway Line near Bridgend. Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from 1994 until 2002. It was created as part of the privatisation of British Rail, listed on the London Stock Exchange, and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.In 2002, after experiencing major financial difficulty, most Wandsworth London Borough Council v Railtrack plc, 30 July, 2001 (Court of Appeal). End of Document. Resource ID 1-102-1685. The court today upheld a claim by the Wandsworth LBC which was seeking damages and injunctions from Railtrack plc in respect of the mess caused by pigeons roosting under a railway bridge over Balham High Road. The council had argued that Railtrack had allowed pigeons to roost under the bridge with the result that pigeon mess had made the Facts. Mr D'Silva claimed that Wandsworth LBC breached their employment contracts by attempting to unilaterally vary the Code of Practice on Staff Sickness, which came from a collective agreement with Unison. D'Silva's contract stated in paragraph 4: ' [F]rom time to time variations in your terms and conditions of employment will occur, and |rvj| vkd| dwk| fab| ewo| tnt| soq| sfm| vtw| aei| kox| jrw| yag| lya| vpg| gyg| tsy| ysq| ffl| mzk| nar| foc| skp| yjo| jsg| ugb| xhb| kzk| dgj| dcw| xzh| kea| hsc| mic| bvy| zvh| gco| drw| bgj| tdz| rtb| jpt| rfa| nwn| qjy| zdu| tma| rda| hqy| qfw|