Water Pollution in UK Law
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Cambridge Water Company v Eastern Counties Leather
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I understand the position to have been that any spillage would have been expected to evaporate rapidly in the air, and would not have been expected to seep through the floor of the building into the soil below. The only harm that could have been foreseen from a spillage was that somebody might have been overcome by fumes from a spillage of a significant quantity.
Of course, although liability for nuisance has generally been regarded as strict, at least in the case of a defendant who has been responsible for the creation of a nuisance, even so that liability has been kept under control by the principle of reasonable user — the principle of give and take as between neighbouring occupiers of land, under which "
But it by no means follows that the defendant should be held liable for damage of a type which he could not reasonably foresee; and the development of the law of negligence in the past sixty years points strongly towards a requirement that such foreseeability should be a prerequisite of liability in damages for nuisance, as it is of liability in negligence.
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R an Taisce (The National Trust for Ireland) v The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change NNB Generation Company Ltd, The Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Ireland and Another (Interested Parties)
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In my judgment there is no reason that precludes the Secretary of State from being able to have regard to, and rely upon, the existence of a stringently operated regulatory regime for future control. Because of its existence, he was satisfied, on a reasonable basis, that he had sufficient information to enable him to come to a final decision on the development consent application.
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Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs v Feakins and another
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iii) Although the words "suitable in that behalf" are capable of being read objectively, the context in which they appear (that of a power exercisable by the Minister) gives some margin of judgement to the Minister in the selection of the site. This margin of judgement may be important if, as is theoretically possible, it is necessary to balance conflicting desiderata.
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Transco Plc v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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It must be shown that the defendant has done something which he recognised, or judged by the standards appropriate at the relevant place and time, he ought reasonably to have recognised, as giving rise to an exceptionally high risk of danger or mischief if there should be an escape, however unlikely an escape may have been thought to be.
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Empress Car Company (Abertillery) Ltd v National Rivers Authority
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These examples show that one cannot give a common sense answer to a question of causation for the purpose of attributing responsibility under some rule without knowing the purpose and scope of the rule. Does the rule impose a duty which requires one to guard against, or makes one responsible for, the deliberate acts of third persons? If so, it will be correct to say, when loss is caused by the act of such a third person, that it was caused by the breach of duty.
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The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017
...... policy ;“the GWD” means Directive 2006/118/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration ;“the EQSD” means Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the ......
- The Water, Animals, Marine Pollution and Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Revocations) Order 2015
- The Water Environment (Diffuse Pollution) (Scotland) Regulations 2008
- The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
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Institutional contexts of environmental management: Water pollution control in Guangzhou, China
In the past decade, Guangzhou (Canton), China, has produced mixed results in water pollution control: it has been successful in limiting pollution from industrial sources than from domestic ones. T...
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Is there an environmental version of the Kantian peace? Insights from water pollution in Europe
We examine whether there is an environmental version of the Kantian peace; that is, whether democracies that trade and are bound by international treaties are less likely to harm each other environ...
- Water Pollution Control Problems in Europe
- Arrangements for Water Pollution Control in Scotland
- Application Of Integrated Pollution Prevention And Control To Waste Water Treatment
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The cost of non-compliance
Thames Water has received a record £20.3 million fine for water pollution. The fine is ten times higher than the previous largest fine of £2 million (given to Southern Water in December 2016)..... Thames Water has received a record £20.3 million fine for water pollution. The fine is ......
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Monster Cruise Ships Menace Venice
The UK’s Mail Online newspaper has some interesting photographs today regarding the ongoing protests by environmental groups in Italy who are trying to protect the beautiful city of Venice from the......... trying to protect the beautiful city of Venice from the effects of water pollution, air emissions and erosion of historical building by traffic ......
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Contaminated Land: Cleaning up the Statutory Guidance in England
Revised Statutory Guidance in relation to the contaminated land regime, and regulations amending the definition of when land will be considered to be contaminated, came into force on 6 April 2012. .........("SPOSH") being caused to human health or the environment; or Pollution of controlled waters is being or is likely to be caused. So, technically, it is possible to argue that any water pollution is sufficient to satisfy the second limb of the definition of ......