Hearings
England & Wales
13 Oct 1999 [2001] Ch 32; [2000] 3 WLR 1; [2000] 1 All ER 347, Ch D (Arden J)
02 Mar 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 276; [2002] Ch 25; [2001] 3 WLR 613; [2001] 3 All ER 673, CA
10 Oct 2001 (pet dis) [2002] 1 WLR 566, HL(E)
British Waterways Board v Severn Trent Water Ltd
Subject Matter
WATER — Sewerage — Surface water — Discharge into canal — Sewerage undertaker having no express statutory power to discharge water in its pipes — Whether power to discharge to be implied — Whether incidental to existing pipe-laying power — Water Industry Act 1991, s 159
[2001] Ch 32; [2000] 3 WLR 1; [2000] 1 All ER 347, Ch D
[2001] EWCA Civ 276; [2002] Ch 25; [2001] 3 WLR 613; [2001] 3 All ER 673, CA
Appellate History
British Waterways Board v Severn Trent Water Ltd [2001] Ch 32; [2000] 3 WLR 1; [2000] 1 All ER 347, Ch D
Decision of Arden J reversed
British Waterways Board v Severn Trent Water Ltd [2001] EWCA Civ 276; [2002] Ch 25; [2001] 3 WLR 613; [2001] 3 All ER 673, CA