Utilities - 2000

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This page lists 9 cases, and was prepared on 13 May 2012.

A E Beckett and Sons (Lyndons) Ltd and Others -v- Midlands Electricity Plc
2000 QBD Peregrine Simon QC	Utilities	Casemap 1 Cites 1 Citers
	The claimants alleged that they had suffered loss as a result of the defendants' breach of regulation 25(1) of the 1988 Regulations.

Regina -v- Anglian Water Servies, ex Parte Three Valleys Water Plc
20 Jan 2000 QBD	Land, Environment, Utilities
	The respondent was successor to the owners of a reservoir, and the applicants sought to increase the amount of water they could draw daily. It was agreed that the respondent was not a statutory water undertaker, and the extent of the applicants right of supply was governed by the Act establishing the right to draw water. Still, the applicants were not entitled to the full amount of water supply they sought.

Thames Water Utilities Ltd -v- London Borough of Bromley [2000] EWHC Admin 301
4 Mar 2000 Admn	Utilities, Crime	1 Citers
	The court considered an appeal by case stated against a conviction on 16 separate informations alleging offences of failing to complete permanent reinstatement as required by section 70(4).
	New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 70
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Regina -v- Director General of Electricity Supply ex parte London Electricity Plc [2000] EWHC Admin 340
15 May 2000 Admn	Utilities
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Moase and Lomas -v- Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and South West Water Limited [2000] EWCA Civ 193
16 Jun 2000 CA	Land, Utilities
	Objection to compulsory purchase order.
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Emtel (Mauritius) Limited -v- the Ministry of Telecommunication and others [2000] UKPC 36
2 Oct 2000 PC	Commonwealth, Utilities
	(Mauritius)
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Queen and Environment Agency, Ex-parte Anglian Water Services Limited [2000] EWHC Admin 406
24 Oct 2000 Admn	Utilities, Environment
	Water Industry Act 1991 - Environment Act 1995
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George Weir and Another -v- East of Scotland Water Authority [2000] ScotCS 292; 2001 SLT 1205
23 Nov 2000 SCS Lord McCluskey	Scotland, Personal Injury, Utilities	Casemap 1 Citers
	The claimants sought damages for personal injury saying that the defendant had supplied unwholesome water. Held: Although the water authority was under a statutory duty to supply wholesome water, it was not a duty that was owed to a defined limited class of the public. The duty was accordingly enforceable in various ways, but not by a private right of action.
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Thames Water Utilities Limited -v- Gerald B Richardson John Weaver Fletcher Sidney George Codling [2000] EWCA Civ 316
8 Dec 2000 CA Lord Justice Thorpe And Lord Justice Potter	Utilities
	The Appellant challenged a finding that the defendants were not liable to them in respect of water charges. There had been an agreement with a previous undertaker whereby liability was taken by the estate on which the properties were located. There had been new developments and extensions of the private and public supplies. The supplier said that original agreement had been varied. Held: The company had an enforceable duty to provide water to the houses. The original agreement was discharged, and the appeal allowed.
	Water Industry Act 1991 144
	[ Bailii ]