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So if someone moves into the neighborhood and decides this thing everyone else doesn't consider a nuisance ''is'' a {{tag|nuisance}}, then saying "the nuisance was here first" is no defence.
So if someone moves into the neighborhood and decides this thing everyone else doesn't consider a nuisance ''is'' a {{tag|nuisance}}, then saying "the nuisance was here first" is no defence.


There is a suggestion that either (a) this general principle doesn't apply to cricket or (b) cricket is, at law, not a nuisance (per Lord Denning MR's dissenting juidgment in {{Casenote|Miller|Jackson}}. Sadly Lord Denning’s very famous view was articulated in the course of a dissenting judgment, so sadly cricket is not immune from {{tag|nuisance}} actions.
There is a suggestion that either (a) this general principle doesn't apply to {{tag|cricket}} or (b) {{tag|cricket}} is, at law, not a {{tag|nuisance}} (per Lord Denning MR's juidgment in {{Casenote|Miller|Jackson}}. Sadly Lord Denning’s very famous view was articulated in the course of a dissenting judgment so sadly, in the eyes of the {{tag|common law}}, {{tag|cricket}} is not immune from {{tag|nuisance}} actions.


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* {{casenote|Miller|Jackson}}
* {{casenote|Miller|Jackson}}