000			01575cam a2200217 4500
001			WB3813-03
008			020411n2002 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u117444
245			_aDischarge a duty
260			_c2002
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(0214) 6 April 2002, 122 (1)
520			_aHuman rights law may force a public authority to remedy inherited problems . The CA, in its deliberation of "Marcic v Thames Water Utilities" also dealt briefly with an alternative claim under the Human Rights Act 1998. The CA upheld the judge's verdict in the court below that the claimant's human rights had been infinged in this case where a public utility undertaker had a positive duty to to take reasonable steps to abate a nuisance of sewage flooding. As a consequence, payment of compensation in such cases even if there is no'fault' might be required so that a fair balance between the interests of th e individual and the community might be achieved. Existing law may have to be modified. (See also WB3812-04). Full copy of judgement available on http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/View.do?id=1009&searchTerm=Marcic&ascending=false&index=0&maxIndex=2
590			_aWB
650			_aHUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 S6
650			_aRYLANDS V FLETCHER
650			_aMARCIC V THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD
650			_aCONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-CASE LAW
856			_uhttps://www.courtservice.gov.uk/View.do?id=1009&searchTerm=Marcic&ascending=false&index=0&maxIndex=2
942			_n0
999			_c69968 _d69968