Index card Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd v United Utilities Water plc

Hearings

England & Wales

14 Feb 2012 [2012] EWHC 232 (Ch); [2012] Env LR 31, Ch D (Newey J)

07 Feb 2013 [2013] EWCA Civ 40; [2013] 1 WLR 2570; [2013] 2 All ER 642; [2013] WLR (D) 50; [2013] Env LR 20, CA (Arden, Sullivan, Patten LJJ)

02 Jul 2014 (Canal & River Trust intervening) [2014] UKSC 40; [2014] 1 WLR 2576; [2014] 4 All ER 40; [2014] 3 EGLR 81; [2014] WLR (D) 291; The Times, 8 July 2014; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Sumption, Lord Hughes, Lord Toulson JJSC)

Additional names

Bridgewater Canal Co Ltd v United Utilities Water plc

Subject Matter

WATER — Sewerage — Discharge — Implied statutory power to discharge surface water and treated effluent from public sewers into private watercourses without owners’ consent — Sewerage functions transferred to commercial sewerage undertakers — Sewerage undertaker continuing to discharge into private watercourses without owners’ consent — Whether implied power continuing under new statutory regime — Whether authorising discharge from future sewage outfalls or only those in use when Act came into force — Water Act 1989, s 4, Sch 2, para 2 — Water Industry Act 1991, ss 94, 106, 116

[2013] EWCA Civ 40; [2013] 1 WLR 2570; [2013] 2 All ER 642; [2013] WLR (D) 50; [2013] Env LR 20, CA

[2014] UKSC 40; [2014] 1 WLR 2576; [2014] 4 All ER 40; [2014] 3 EGLR 81; [2014] WLR (D) 291; The Times, 8 July 2014; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd v United Utilities Water plc [2012] EWHC 232 (Ch); [2012] Env LR 31, Ch D

Decision of Newey J reversed

Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd v United Utilities Water plc [2013] EWCA Civ 40; [2013] 1 WLR 2570; [2013] 2 All ER 642; [2013] WLR (D) 50; [2013] Env LR 20, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd v United Utilities Water plc [2014] UKSC 40; [2014] 1 WLR 2576; [2014] 4 All ER 40; [2014] 3 EGLR 81; [2014] WLR (D) 291; The Times, 8 July 2014; Case details, SC(E)