Clearlite Holdings Ltd v Auckland City Corporation and Another - [1976] 2 NZLR 729

Tort — Nuisance — Essential factors — Private nuisance — Injury to plaintiff's land resulting from act on plaintiff's own land actionable without fault if risk of injury, however remote, is inherent in the conduct of the defendant — Damages awarded for loss of profits directly connected with the damage caused.

Tort — Joint tortfeasors — Statutory liability to contribute — Indemnity clause in contract between joint tortfeasors — Construction thereof — Law Reform Act 1936, s 17.

Damages — Immediate or proximate cause — Economic loss by loss of profits — Mitigation — Plaintiff's financial position not to be taken into account in evaluating options to mitigate damages arising from tort.