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Supreme Court Decision 2004Da54282 [Damages] The Infringement of Hangang River View Case

Country/Territory
Korea, Republic of
Type of court
National - higher court
Date
Jun 28, 2007
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
Supreme Court
Seat of court
Seoul
Judge
Kim Ji-hyung; Koh Hyun-chul; Yang Sung-tae, Jeon Soo-ahn
Reference number
2004Da54282
Language
English
Subject
Land & soil, Legal questions
Abstract

The required condition(s) for the benefit of a view to be legally protected.

The required condition(s) and standard for an act of infringement of the benefit of the view to be evaluated as a judicially illegal harmful act

 In a case where there was land owned by another party between the view and the building that enjoys the benefit of the view, if there is no building constructed on that land or if there are only low buildings which made it possible to enjoy the view through that another party's land, whether infringement of the benefit of the view due to construction of the new building on that land is approved (negative in principle) 

The case where the benefit of the view that has become available by artificially equipping an ordinary area with special facilities shall not be legally protected, for example, by constructing ten story buildings behind the five story apartment building to secure the view of Han River

 The standard of judgment in determining whether in the blockage of direct sunlight due to the construction of a new building is deemed to be an illegal harmful act, and whether the act went beyond the socially accepted limits

(Source: Republic of Korea Supreme Court, https://eng.scourt.go.kr/eng/supreme/decisions/NewDecisionsView.work?seq=246&mode=6 , last accessed 18/07/2018)

Full text
4-18 Supreme Court Decision 2004Da54282 Decided June 28.htm
Website
eng.scourt.go.kr