Flood Management Case Law Review

Sniffer 10th Annual Flood Management Conference – 3/4 February 2015

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Robert Sutherland, AdvocateTerra Firma Chambers

Planning and flooding

•Bova v Highland Council, 2013 SC 510

•R (on the application of Padden v Maidstone Borough Council, [2014] Env LR 20

•O’Connor v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, [2014] EWHC 3821 (Admin)

Reservoirs Act 1975

•R (on the application of the Heath & Hampstead Society v (1) the Mayor of London and (2) the Environment Agency, [2014] EWHC 3868 (Admin), 28 November 2014

Liability in damages

• H v The Scottish Ministers• Vernon Knights Associates v Cornwall Council,

[2014] Env LR 6

Abandonment of existing defences

• Falkner v Gisborne DC, [1995] 3 NZLR 622

Protective Expenses Orders• R (Corner House Research) v Secretary of

State for Trade and Industry, [2005] 1 WLR 2600

• McGinty v The Scottish Ministers, 2014 SC 81• RCS, Chapter 58A• The Newton Mearns Residents Flood

Prevention Group for Cheviot Drive v East Renfrewshire Council & Stewart Milne Homes Limited, [2013] CSIH 70, 7 June 2013

Freedom of Information• Decision 045/2005 - Mr Geoffrey Jarvis, The

Clyde Heritage Trust and Glasgow City Council

• Decision 184/2006 - Hendersons Chartered Surveyors and East Dunbartonshire Council

• Decision 086/2009 - Mr John Rennie and Scottish Water; Decision 144/2012 - Mr William Speirs and Scottish Water

• Decision 063/2013 - Zurich Insurance plc and South Lanarkshire Council

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Robert Sutherland, AdvocateTerra Firma Chambers