Smells wafting over from the neighbours might annoy you, but at what point do they shift from reasonable smells to unreasonable ones? Here your rights are explained.
Stink y fast food shops, pet poo and even barbecued meat — they've all been the subject of legal disputes between Australian neighbours.Most neighbourly disputes over smell involve animals, says Kate Offer , adjunct associate professor at the University of WA Law School and an expert in tort law .
The owner changed the horse's diet, which reduced its output of poo by half. This reduced the smell and the number of flies the poo attracted."So, again, the court used its discretion to say that the horse didn't have to be removed. "Like many issues between neighbours, bad smells fall under the general common law of private nuisance that says you're not allowed to interfere with another person's enjoyment and use of their land," Ms Offer says."In the words of an English judge in 1851, 'It must be more than a mere delicacy or fastidiousness, and not merely according to elegant or dainty modes and habits of living'.
Responsibility for that usually falls with the local council, who would be the first port of call to make a complaint.Dr Karl knows the best app for free podcasts, radio, music, news and audiobooks … and you don’t need to be a scientist to find it!
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