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Cambridge Water Co V Eastern Counties Leather
Cambridge Water Co V Eastern Counties Leather. Material facts the defendant used a chemical in their business when spilled on the ground, over time the chemical found its way into a borehole, contaminating the water it was not foreseeable that the chemical would act in this way. Eastern counties leather were not liable as the damage was too remote.

It was not reasonably foreseeable that the spillages would result in the closing of the borehole. Cambridge water company v eastern counties leather plc abstraction plant over an unpolluted zone of the aquifer at a cost of over ?900,000. The issue in cambridge water co v eastern counties leather plc [1994] 2 ac 264 was whether the rules for the remoteness of damage and foreseeability of the type of damage caused is implemented to.
Eastern Counties Leather Plc (Appellants) Judgment Die Jovis 9° Decembris 1993 Upon Report From The Appellate Committee To Whom Was Referred The Cause Cambridge Water Company Against Eastern Counties Leather Plc, That The Committee Had Heard Counsel As Well On Monday The 11Th As On Tuesday The.
The cambridge water case (house of lords) the house of lords has given its decision in cambridge water company v eastern counties leather plc, finding that there is no liability in nuisance for damage which was not reasonably foreseeable. Material facts the defendant used a chemical in their business when spilled on the ground, over time the chemical found its way into a borehole, contaminating the water it was not foreseeable that the chemical would act in this way. Eastern counties leather plc, 2 a.c.
Although There Were No Health Risks, An Eu Directive Forbade Water Containing More Than Trace Amounts Of The Chemicals To Be Sold, So That P Had To.
Eastern counties leather were not liable as the damage was too remote. It was not reasonably foreseeable that the spillages would result in the closing of the borehole. Cwc then sought an injunction and damages from ecl, who they alleged to have caused the pollution, putting their claims in rylands v fletcher,12 nuisance and negligence, but primarily on the first ground.
Cambridge Water Company V Eastern Counties Leather Plc Abstraction Plant Over An Unpolluted Zone Of The Aquifer At A Cost Of Over ?900,000.
The cambridge water company ltd was established by a private act of parliament in 1853 to provide water to the residents of cambridge and the surrounding area; My lords, this appeal is concerned with the question whether the appellant company, eastern counties leather plc (ecl), is liable to the respondent company, cambridge water co (cwc), in damages in respect of damage suffered by reason of the contamination of water available for abstraction at cwc’s borehole at. Cambridge water co v eastern counties leather plc ((1994) 2 ac 264, 306) [1994] 2 wlr 53.
The Issue In Cambridge Water Co V Eastern Counties Leather Plc [1994] 2 Ac 264 Was Whether The Rules For The Remoteness Of Damage And Foreseeability Of The Type Of Damage Caused Is Implemented To.
Eastern countries leather plc and comments on the decision of the house of lords, which found in favour of the polluter (ecl). D had a factory whose chemicals seeped into the ground entering a well that p had bought to supply water to town residents. The pool of pce was carried by way of an underground waterflow to c’s borehole several miles away and polluted the water in it.
September 19941 Cambridge Water Company V Eastern Counties Leather Plc Abstraction Plant Over An Unpolluted Zone Of The Aquifer At A Cost Of Over F900,000.
Cambridge water company (respondents) v. Judgement for the case cambridge water co v eastern counties leather. S masters ( talk) 08:37, 18 april 2010 (utc) [ reply] ga review (see here for criteria) it is reasonably well written.
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