Exercising property rights relating to real estate may externally constitute a certain nuisance to others, which is almost an inevitable phenomenon in the use of spatially tightly connected individual parts of buildings. Rules of law regulating relationships between neighbours apply, mutatis mutandis, to relationships between strata-title owners and bind not only the owner but also each respective individual user (direct possessor). The cornerstone of the rules regulating relationships between neighbours is the principled endeavour of neighbours not to disturb and cause harm to each other, while exercising their rights fairly and in accordance with local customs. Due to technological developments, coexistence without cross-border influences is merely an unattainable ideal, and therefore the law regulating relationships between neighbours has set a nuisance-related tolerance threshold, which, if exceeded, constitutes a prohibited nuisance. The main form of legal remedy against a prohibited nuisance, which is the most common type of encroachment between neighbours, is the actio negatoria and the civil nuisance lawsuit, however, the rigidity of property law is surpassed by the tort law actio popularis. However, cases of prohibited nuisance are not the only type of mutual disruptive behaviours. The endless line of disruptive behaviours includes all acts that are unpleasant to the individual, ranging from mere verbal harassment on the one hand to a much more intense case of deprivation of possession on the other. The core of this thesis is to present to the reader what remedies are available, on the basis of the applicable law, to the aggrieved party suffering from encroachment, according to various criteria, such as the type of disruptive behaviour with respect to its intensity and the legal basis for the use of each individual part of the building.
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