Environmental protection and the common law

Gill, T.

Environmental protection and the common law - 1994 - Solicitors` Journal 138(6) 18 February 1994, 150-151(2) .

Compares two cases and their approach to common law. "Cambridge Water Co Ltd v Eastern Counties Leather plc" (HL), in which questions of environmental liability were left to Parliament to settle through legislation and "DTp v Williams" (CA), in which the court decided, which injunctions to grant against demonstrators at Twyford Down.


COMMON LAW
DEMONSTRATORS
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 S303
INJUNCTIONS
JURISDICTION
LIABILITY
MOTORWAYS
NUISANCE
POLLUTION
RYLANDS V FLETCHER
TWYFORD DOWN