The forecast predicts legal liabilities
Dowden, Malcolm
The forecast predicts legal liabilities - 2005 - Estates Gazette (0545) 12 November 2005, 160-162(3) .
Discusses the repercussions of climate change for developers and building owners. The debate is moving from a focus on mitigation to the possibility of the potential liability of businesses that fail to adapt to the climate change scenario. Examines how the reasonable forseeability of damaging events has been treated in case law. Recommends that developers and their professional teams make their buildings as climate-proof and therefore litigation-proof as possible. Refers to the RICS "Green value: green buildings, growing assets" report (L131391).
OVERSEAS TANKSHIP (UK) LTD V MORTS DOCK AND ENGINEERING CO LTD (THE WAGON MOUND)
ROE V MINISTRY OF HEALTH
ANTHONY V COAL AUTHORITY
The forecast predicts legal liabilities - 2005 - Estates Gazette (0545) 12 November 2005, 160-162(3) .
Discusses the repercussions of climate change for developers and building owners. The debate is moving from a focus on mitigation to the possibility of the potential liability of businesses that fail to adapt to the climate change scenario. Examines how the reasonable forseeability of damaging events has been treated in case law. Recommends that developers and their professional teams make their buildings as climate-proof and therefore litigation-proof as possible. Refers to the RICS "Green value: green buildings, growing assets" report (L131391).
OVERSEAS TANKSHIP (UK) LTD V MORTS DOCK AND ENGINEERING CO LTD (THE WAGON MOUND)
ROE V MINISTRY OF HEALTH
ANTHONY V COAL AUTHORITY