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Planning And Environment Update: Permits and permissions as defences
Angus Evers and Juliet Munn consider whether planning permissions and environmental permits can provide an effective defence to a nuisance claim ‘Unless Parliament or the higher courts clearly direct otherwise, private law rights are unaffected by statutory regulation.’ Two recent cases have provided some clarity on the defence provided by environmental permits and planning permissions …
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