Bwlchyllan lake battle set to end after 20 years – BBC News
“A farmer is set to win a 20-year-long legal battle for planning permission for a large lake on his land.”
BBC News, 9th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: water
Leylandii row: man wins appeal after spraying hedge-cutting neighbour with hosepipe – Daily Telegraph
“A man who sprayed water in the face of his neighbour as she trimmed a Leylandii hedge has had a conviction of battery overturned on appeal after a judge ruled it was an accident.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Water part of contamination land definition is changed – OUT-LAW.com
“The statutory contaminated land regime has changed, with the principal change being to the definition of contaminated land. The changes took effect on 6 April.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Landlords could become liable for tenants’ unpaid water bills under Government plans – OUT-LAW.com
“Landlords could become liable for their tenants’ unpaid water bills if they fail to supply the details of those tenants to the water company, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Court rejects fluoride challenge – The Independent
“A local health authority’s plans for the fluoridation of a city’s tap water was not unlawful, the High Court ruled today.”
The Independent, 11th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Criminal inquiry into Eastbourne lake sewage leak – BBC News
“A criminal investigation is under way following a major sewage leak which threatened fish at an East Sussex lake.”
BBC News, 15th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Clay company fined for polluting Dartmoor stream – BBC News
“A clay company has been fined for polluting a stream on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon.”
BBC News, 9th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wallis v Bristol Water Plc – WLR Daily
Wallis v Bristol Water Plc [2009] WLR (D) 362
“For a water undertaker to prove that a water fitting had been connected by a person in such a manner that it was “likely to cause contamination” of water supplied by the water undertaker pursuant to reg 3(2) of the Water Supply (Water Fittings ) Regulations 1999 the water undertaker had to show that there was a real possibility that the manner of connection of the water fitting would cause contamination.”
WLR Daily, 14th December 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Barratt Homes Ltd v Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water) – WLR Daily
Barratt Homes Ltd v Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water) [2009] UKSC 13; [2009] WLR (D) 360
“S 106 of the Water Industry Act 1991 gave a property developer a right to connect its private sewer to the public sewer at a point of its choosing even though such a connection would overload the capacity of the sewer as it currently existed.”
WLR Daily, 11th December 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Meat firm fined over beck spill – BBC News
“A meat processing company in Lincolnshire has been fined £10,000 after ammonia escaped into a stream and killed 100 fish.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Poison coroner slams government – BBC News
“A coroner has criticised the government after he was forced to adjourn an inquest involving a major water poisoning incident.”
BBC News, 5th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v RL and JF – WLR Daily
R v RL and JF [2008] EWCA Crim 1970; [2008] WLR (D) 299
“A prosecution for the strict liability offence of causing polluting matter to enter controlled waters could be brought against either a club, as an unincorporated association, in its own name or against individual members.”
WLR Daily, 2nd September 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Ofwat confirms record £20.3m Southern Water fine – The Guardian
“The owners of Southern Water are £20.3m worse off today after water industry regulator Ofwat confirmed that it has hit the company with its biggest ever fine.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Coroner calls in police over fears of a cover-up on toxic water – The Times
“Police have been ordered to investigate claims that Britain’s worst water contamination was the subject of a cover-up.”
The Times, 14th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Changes to hosepipe bans unveiled – BBC News
“Householders in England and Wales may be unable to wash windows during a drought under plans to be announced by the government.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
