The claimants sought damages saying that the demolition by the defendants of former steel works had allowed the escape of poisons which had been transmitted to the claimants’ mothers and then to the claimants as birth defects.
Held: The works had not been carried out safely and in accordance with then current best practices, resulting in the release of the contaminants and the injury to the claimants.
Akenhead J
[2009] EWHC 1944 (TCC), [2010] Env LR D2, [2009] NPC 100
Bailii
England and Wales
Personal Injury, Negligence
Updated: 10 November 2021; Ref: scu.365631
