Title: Trustee personal liability for contaminated land remediation: the UK position 
Resource Type: document --> technical publication --> journal article 
Country: United Kingdom 
Language(s): English
 
Year: 2022 
Author 1/Producer: Lloyd Brown (2024) 
Author / Producer Type: University research group / research institute 
Journal: Trusts & Trustees, https://doi.org/10.1093/tandt/ttae043 
Journal Web Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/tandt/ttae043  
Start Page: ttae043, 
End Page: -  
Publisher web link (root): https://academic.oup.com/tandt/advance-article/doi/10.1093/tandt/ttae043/7680642?searchresult=1
Article Weblink (=direct link): https://academic.oup.com/tandt/advance-article/doi/10.1093/t ...  
EUGRIS Keyword(s): Contaminated land-->management&admin
Contaminated land-->policy and regulatory
 
Short description: COPY: Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 creates a liability risk for trusts and trustees. Trustees may indeed be found liable pursuant to Part IIA’s definition of an “owner” of contaminated land. This definition includes trustees to avoid the situation of people evading liability by transferring affected land into trust funds. However, the risk to trustees is sufficiently low. The law shows that trustees possess a lien over their trust funds that can be used to indemnify liabilities. Furthermore, Part IIA’s proportionate approach to sustainable development considers the “hardship” that liability can cause to trustees and obviates the risk. 
Submitted By: Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?      Last update: 06/06/2024

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