Property Law Journal

The 1990 Environmental Protection Act: Historical land contamination

Greg Jones and Andrew Wiseman discuss a case with lessons regarding the results of a standard environmental search ‘The 1990 Environmental Protection Act specifies that the polluter pays the cost of clean up, but when the pollution event is historical this is impractical even if evidence of the responsible party is highly persuasive.‘ Councils are …

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Greg Jones is a director at Remada Ltd and a specialist in land condition, and Andrew Wiseman is general counsel and corporate secretary at Historic England. At the time of the case Andrew was a partner at Harrison Grant