Example of the case law is Rickards v Lothian 1913 AC 263.

The fact of this case is that in

February 1913, the claimant rented premises on the second floor of a building that was used
for commercial purposes and ran a business from the premises he was renting. The
defendant was the owner of that building. He leased the building in parts to various
business tenants. The case arose because someone had maliciously blocked all the sinks in
the toilets on the fourth floor of the defendant’s building. The same person had then turned
on all the taps, clearly with the intention of causing a flood and therefore causing damage.
Eventually, the flooding on the fourth floor travelled down to the second floor and damaged
the property of the claimant. The claimant then started the case, basing himself on the rule
in Rylands v Fletcher arguing that he had suffered damage as a result of the escape of the
water from the defendant’s premises.