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Richard Buckley

Barrister, emeritus professor of law, University of Reading. Author of The Law of Negligence and Nuisance (LexisNexis) 6th edn, 2017.

Barrister, emeritus professor of law, University of Reading. Author of The Law of Negligence and Nuisance (LexisNexis) 6th edn, 2017.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
What constitutes nuisance when foul water escapes from overloaded sewers? Richard Buckley examines two cases, showing a change in water companies’ liability
Richard Buckley discusses fighter pilots, locality principles & the law of nuisance
Occupiers’ liability: claims by risk-takers, investigated by Richard Buckley

R A Buckley investigates breaking the chain of causation

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