Private Property and Abuse of Rights in Victorian England

The Story of Edward Pickles and the Bradford Water Supply

af Michael ( Taggart

The case of The Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of the Borough of Bradford v Pickles established that it is not unlawful for a property owner to exercise his or her property rights maliciously and to the detriment of others, or the public interest. This book explores why the common law, in contrast to civil law systems, developed this way.