| Title: |
Lords contaminated land liability ruling favours National Grid Gas
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> journal article
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| Country: |
United Kingdom
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| Year: |
2007 |
| Availability: |
ENDS Report 390 July 2007 pp 52-53
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Richard Macrory
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Media and publishers sector
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Brownfields
Contaminated land-->Contaminated land overview
Contaminated land-->policy and regulatory
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Economic
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| Short description: |
Extract: The House of Lords has held that the contaminated land regime does not impose liability on statutory successors to companies whose gasworks caused contamination. In overruling last year’s High Court decision, the Lords resisted allowing the ‘polluter pays’ principle to give an extended interpretation of the legislative language.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 10/09/2007
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