Sniffer 10 th Annual Flood Management Conference – 3/4 February 2015 Flood Management Case Law Review Robert Sutherland, Advocate Terra Firma Chambers
Jul 24, 2015
Sniffer 10th Annual Flood Management Conference – 3/4 February 2015
Flood ManagementCase Law Review
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
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