Water in UK Law
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O'Connor and Others v Old Etonians Housing Association Ltd
... ... The question to which the parties would like an answer is what is involved in the obligation to keep pipes carrying water in "proper working order". The tenancies with which this appeal is concerned are of four flats on the top floor of Eton House in Leigh Road North ... ...
- British Waterways Board v Severn Trent Water Ltd
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Pride of Derby and Derbyshire Angling Association Ltd and Earl of Harrington v British Celanese Ltd
... ... sequels in title or any person or persons claiming under or through them or any of them of the right of fishing in any part of the plaintiffs' water as mentioned and defined in the statement of claim". Then after referring to certain undertakings, it was ordered: "That the operation of the ... ...
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Alphacell Ltd v Woodward
... ... The Appellants abstract water, pass it through their works where it becomes polluted, conduct it to a settling tank communicating directly with the stream, into which the polluted ... ...
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Sedleigh-Denfield v O'Callaghan and Others
... ... April, 1937, a heavy storm of rain occurred, the culvert became blocked with refuse and the Appellant's premises were consequently flooded by water coming down the ditch which could not get away down the 15-inch pipe. The Appellant suffered substantial damage ... 6 Expert evidence was given on ... ...
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Empress Car Company (Abertillery) Ltd v National Rivers Authority
... ... and two justices) of "causing poisonous, noxious or polluting matter or sold waste to enter controlled waters" contrary to section 85(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991. "Controlled waters" are defined in section 104(1)(c) and (3) to include any river and in this case were the waters of the River ... ...
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East Suffolk Rivers Catchment Board v Kent
... ... The marshland inside the walls is at a lower level than ordinary high tides, and consequently if a breach is made in the walls the tidal water which enters will keep the marsh pastures flooded until the gap in the wall has been stopped, and the invading water has been drained away. There ... ...
- Marcic v Thames Water Utilities Ltd
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Post Office v Estuary Radio Ltd
... ... That paragraph reads as follows: "For the purpose of measurement, the area of an indentation is that lying between the low-water mark around the shore of the indentation and a line joining the low-water marks of its natural entrance points". I need read no more of that ... ...
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Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Barclay, Curle & Company Ltd
... ... The walls and bottom of the dock had to be strong and impervious to water so that some 100,000 tons of concrete had to be used. The gate, included in the ancillary plant, is of a falling leaf type. It is opened and when the ... ...
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