Water Experience
Numerous
Conducting the defence of a criminal prosecution for pollution of controlled wasters/breach of abstraction licenses.
Trading Client
Advising on water abstraction licensing trading agreements.
Major plc
Advising on potential liability under the Reservoirs Act 1975.
Individual
Conducting claim to trial in the High Court against a local authority in relation to flooding issues.
Charity
Advising on a claim by an adjacent fishery owner that agricultural run off was polluting the fishery.
Major Agricultural Estate
Advice on EU water protection legislation on fisheries.
University
Successfully claiming overpayment of sewerage charges as a result of a leak in water pipes.
Racecourse
Successfully claiming overpayment of sewerage charges as a result of a leak in water pipes.
Water Company
We advised a major Water Company on a potential claim arising from contamination of its borehole.
Water Industry Act
We advised a large Charity on the extent of a statutory undertaker's powers to lay pipes and other apparatus under its land under the Water Industry Act 1991.
Environment Agency
We advised the Environment Agency on contaminated land policy relevant to controlled wasters.