National Rivers Authority v Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
National Rivers Authority v Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
- 1995
- All England Law Reports (1995) 1 All ER 225-234(6) .
HL 17 November 1994. Water and watercourses - pollution of river - causing poisonous, noxiuos or polluting matter to enter river - sewage works operating by gravity - act of unknown third party causing discharge of chemical dangerous to river life into sewer - chemical flowing through outlet pipe into river - whether water authority having caused polluting metter to enter river - whether water authority entitled to rely on statutory defence that contravention attributable to discharge made by another person - Water Act 1989 s107(a)(a) and s108(7).
CONTROLLED WATERS
SEWAGE TREATMENT
WATER ACT 1989
WATER POLLUTION
HL 17 November 1994. Water and watercourses - pollution of river - causing poisonous, noxiuos or polluting matter to enter river - sewage works operating by gravity - act of unknown third party causing discharge of chemical dangerous to river life into sewer - chemical flowing through outlet pipe into river - whether water authority having caused polluting metter to enter river - whether water authority entitled to rely on statutory defence that contravention attributable to discharge made by another person - Water Act 1989 s107(a)(a) and s108(7).
CONTROLLED WATERS
SEWAGE TREATMENT
WATER ACT 1989
WATER POLLUTION