1. While private nuisance is always actionable, public nuisance is not. 2. Any affected property owner has standing to sue for a private nuisance . 3. Lord Lloyd in his judgment referred to three areas of private nuisance : 4. In Scotland, there's no recognized distinction between public and private nuisances . 5. "Private nuisance " is the interference with the right of specific people. 6. The remedy for a private nuisance is by injunction, action for damages or abatement. 7. In recent decades, however, governments blurred the lines between public and private nuisance causes of action. 8. It's only when it becomes a " private nuisance " does it become tortious. 9. Donal Nolan has argued that to consider " Rylands " as part of private nuisance is unsound. 10. A private nuisance , differing in this respect from a public nuisance, may be legalized by uninterrupted use for twenty years.
