Nuisance by noise transmission.(apartments noise pollution cases)

Leslie Stannard and his family occupy an apartment on the first floor of a block of Victorian flats known as Albert Court, next to the Royal Albert Hall in London. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Stannard, an architect, enjoyed a peaceful and uneventful residency at Albert Court. During that period, the former landlord had maintained a vigilant control over the use and occupation of the flats. For instance, any proposed change in the use of the accommodation was closely monitored and controlled. The leases granted to the various tenants contained provisions relating to the prohibition of noisy conduct and causing annoyance to other residents. In respect of the long lease for the flat above Stannard, there was a requirement for the mutual benefit of all tenants that the …