Owner of motor speedway held liable to nearby landowner for committing a nuisance. Although speedway owner obtained planning consent and the landowners moved into their house after the speedway had been operating for more than 20 years, neither of these factors constituted a defense. Court reinstated injunction limiting the amount of noise emitted from the speedway.
A Canadian court has jurisdiction to recognize and enforce a foreign judgment holding an oil company financially responsible for environmental pollution caused by oil development activities in Ecuador.
The Federal Court of Australia fined a Japanese whaling company AUS$1 million for continuing whaling activities in the Australian Whale Sanctuary in violation of court orders.
This project has been made possible by the generous support of the Philip Stoddard Brown and Adele Smith Brown Foundation
