The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd [electronic resource]
The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd [electronic resource]
- Supreme Court [2024] UKSC 22 2 July 2024
[2024] UKSC 22. The Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeal's judgment. The Lord Justices held that the discharge of foul water into watercourses was a common law claim for nuisance. The Supreme Court also rejected the submission that Marcic v Thames Water plc [2003] UKHL 66 should be overruled: so, the only remedy for sewer flooding due to the inadequacy of sewerage infrastructure as described in Marcic was through the regulatory framework under the Water Industry Act 1991.
CANALS
FOUL WATER
MARCIC v THAMES WATER
NUISANCE
THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL v UNITED UTILITIES WATER
WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991
WATER POLLUTION
United Kingdom
[2024] UKSC 22. The Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeal's judgment. The Lord Justices held that the discharge of foul water into watercourses was a common law claim for nuisance. The Supreme Court also rejected the submission that Marcic v Thames Water plc [2003] UKHL 66 should be overruled: so, the only remedy for sewer flooding due to the inadequacy of sewerage infrastructure as described in Marcic was through the regulatory framework under the Water Industry Act 1991.
CANALS
FOUL WATER
MARCIC v THAMES WATER
NUISANCE
THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL v UNITED UTILITIES WATER
WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991
WATER POLLUTION
United Kingdom