Robinson v Kilvert LR 41 ChD 88 is an English tort law

English tort law

English tort law concerns civil wrongs, as distinguished from criminal wrongs, in the law of England and Wales. Some wrongs are the concern of the state, and so the police can enforce the law on the wrongdoers in court – in a criminal case...

 case concerning nuisance

Nuisance

Nuisance is a common law tort. It means that which causes offence, annoyance, trouble or injury. A nuisance can be either public or private. A public nuisance was defined by English scholar Sir J. F...

. It deals with what is sometimes called the issue of a "sensitive claimant".

Facts

A landlord’s cellar maintained an 80ºF (27ºC) temperature for its business, and the heat affected a tenant's paper warehouse business on a floor above.

Judgment

The court held that the tenant had no remedy because the landlord was a reasonable user of his property.