Pollution caused by faulty piping
Pollution caused by faulty piping
- 1994
- Independent 30 August 1994, 17(1) .
In "R v CPC (UK) Ltd", CA 15 July 1994, held that a company could be guilty of `causing` a pollutant escaping from its factory to enter a river, contrary to Water Resources Act 1991 s85(1), even though the spillage was accidental and due to a latent defect in piping installed for the factory`s previous owner.
LATENT DEFECTS
POLLUTION
RIVER POLLUTION
WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991 S85(1)
In "R v CPC (UK) Ltd", CA 15 July 1994, held that a company could be guilty of `causing` a pollutant escaping from its factory to enter a river, contrary to Water Resources Act 1991 s85(1), even though the spillage was accidental and due to a latent defect in piping installed for the factory`s previous owner.
LATENT DEFECTS
POLLUTION
RIVER POLLUTION
WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991 S85(1)