Strict liability for pollution
Language: English Series: Chartered Surveyor Weekly ; Vol 26 no 12 23/3/89 p53Publication details: 1989Subject(s): Summary: In Southern Water Authority v Pegram , QBD 20 February 1989, it was held that a person was liable, without proof of intent or negligence for any pollution that might occur through his conducting some active operation involving the storage or use of materials which, if they escaped would cause pollution - unless the operative cause was an intervening event outside his control, or an Act of God.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| News article | London News article | WB2512-22 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 31152-1001 |
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In Southern Water Authority v Pegram , QBD 20 February 1989, it was held that a person was liable, without proof of intent or negligence for any pollution that might occur through his conducting some active operation involving the storage or use of materials which, if they escaped would cause pollution - unless the operative cause was an intervening event outside his control, or an Act of God.