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When Nature Strikes: Property Law and Natural Disasters

Climate change, extreme weather events and the resultant increased risks of flooding and erosion, fire and overheating, are causing novel difficulties for landowners and occupiers. How are the challenges presently met, and is the law fit for purpose? The first part of this lecture will consider the measured duty of care on landowners. When is a landowner liable for damage to others caused by something that was naturally on their land which they did not take steps to control? The second part of the lecture looks beyond the measured duty of care, and explores other private and public law remedies by which damage caused by nature can be relieved.

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