“ECL liable for water contamination caused by PCE seepage from tanning works.”
Whether Eastern Counties Leather Plc is liable in damages to Cambridge Water Company for contamination of water at CWC's borehole caused by Perchloroethene (PCE) solvent that seeped from ECL's tanning works approximately 1.3 miles away. The case concerns the scope of liability for environmental contamination through groundwater percolation.
The House of Lords allowed the appeal, establishing ECL's liability for the contamination damage suffered by CWC.
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