The case concerns the criminal liability under the ‘duty of care’ provisions of section 34 of the 1990 Act, of a commercial freeholder of property who verbally contracted out renovations works on the property, including the removal and disposal of any waste, to an independent contractor who on two successive days in December 2009 disposed of waste to a ‘fly tipper’ in contravention of section 33 of the 1990 Act.
Judges:
Lord Justice Stanley Burnton
And
Mr Justice King
Citations:
[2012] EWHC 698 (Admin), [2013] PTSR 664, [2012] WLR(D) 100, [2012] Env LR 32
Links:
Statutes:
Environmental Protection Act 1990
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime, Environment
Updated: 23 May 2022; Ref: scu.510724
