High Court clarifies relationship between environmental regulatory compliance and private nuisance | Practical Law

High Court clarifies relationship between environmental regulatory compliance and private nuisance | Practical Law

This article analyses the Technology and Construction Court's (TCC) decision in Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Ltd (No 3) [2011] EWHC 1003 (TCC).

High Court clarifies relationship between environmental regulatory compliance and private nuisance

by Tom Dane, Nabarro LLP (solicitors for the defendant)
Published on 10 May 2011 • England, Wales
This article analyses the Technology and Construction Court's (TCC) decision in Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Ltd (No 3) [2011] EWHC 1003 (TCC).
NOTE ADDED 20 March 2012: The claimants were granted permission to appeal the TCC's decision to the Court of Appeal. in October 2011. The claimants succeeded in their appeal, on which the judgment was delivered on 19 March 2012. See related content for more information.