Lights and the Law.

Progress, 1 October 1908, Page 420

Lights and the Law.

A recent judgment has laid down the relation thus: — (1) A man cannot by reducing his ancient light throw a new burden, or increase an existing burden, upon his neighbour; (2) a man by reducing his ancient light does not (unless it becomes a case of de minimis) lose his right to object to a building on his neighbour's land, which he might have objected to before such reduction, unless the building does not seriously affect the reduced window; (3) the mere closing up of part of an ancient window does not confer upon the owner of the servient tenement any right to erect before such reduction, unless he can show that the reduced window will not be affected by such building.