How to fall foul of the law of sewers

Blake, L.

How to fall foul of the law of sewers - 2002 - Estates Gazette (0210) 9 March 2002, 150-151(2) .

A mainly for students article discussing two recent cases on sewers which support the principle that the common law sympathises more readily with physical damage than economic loss.


MARCIC V THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD
CAMBRIDGE WATER CO LTD V EASTERN COUNTIES LEATHER PLC
R(ON THE APPLICATION OF ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LTD) V ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
SEWERS
PHYSICAL DAMAGE
ECONOMIC LOSS
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ARTICLE 8(1)
ULTRA VIRES
COMMON LAW