Causing water pollution and the acts of third parties

Parpworth, N.

Causing water pollution and the acts of third parties - 1998 - Journal of Planning and Environment Law August 1998, 752-761(10) .

Discusses the impact of the decision of the House of Lords in "Empress Car Company (Abertillery) Ltd v National Rivers Authority", and specifically the extent to which the actions of a third party may have an effect upon the criminal liability of a defendant charged with having caused water pollution.


ALPHACELL LTD V WOODWARD
CONTROLLED WATERS
DEFENCES
EMPRESS CAR CO (ABERTILLERY) LTD V NATIONAL RIVERS AUTHORITY
NATIONAL RIVERS AUTHORITY V WRIGHT ENGINEERING CO LTD
THIRD PARTIES
WATER POLLUTION
WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991