The boundaries of the tort are potentially unclear, due to the public/private nuisance divide, and existence of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher. Writers such as John Murphy of the University of Manchester have popularised the idea that "Rylands" forms a separate, though related, tort. This is still an issue for debate, and is rejected by others (the primary distinction in "Rylands" concerns 'escapes onto land', and so it may be argued that the only difference is the nature of the "nuisance", not the nature of the civil "wrong".)

Under English law, unlike in the USA, it is no defence that the claimant "came to the nuisance": the 1879 case of Sturges v Bridgman is still good law, and a new owner can bring a claim in nuisance for the existing activities of a neighbour.

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Law related to nuisance, by country देशानुसार उपद्रव कायदे
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