Rylands V Fletcher
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| Date decided | July 17, 1868 |
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| Ruling court | Judicial functions of the House of Lords |
| Citation(s) | UKHL 1, (1868) LR 3 HL 330 |
| Prior action(s) | Exchequer of Pleas |
| Court of Exchequer Chamber | |
| Judge sittings | Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns |
| Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth | |
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| ID | 1192008 |
About Rylands V Fletcher
Rylands v Fletcher [1868] UKHL 1 was a decision by the House of Lords which established a new area of English tort law. Rylands employed contractors to build a reservoir, playing no active role in its construction.
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