Updates May - 2006
Gas industry rocked by second landmark contaminated land case
The High Court has ruled in R (on the application of National Grid Gas plc) v Environment Agency (17 May 2006) that National Grid Gas ("NGG") is liable under the Contaminated Land Regime (the "Regime") for contamination caused by its statutory predecessors.
Landmark case under Contaminated Land Regime settled out of court
Circular Facilities (London) Ltd v Sevenoaks District Council ([2005] EWHC 865) involved the first appeal brought under the Contaminated Land Regime (the "Regime") to be heard by the High Court.
