Gas Company Not Liable For Actions of Predecessor
R (National Grid Gas plc) v Environment Agency
HL
Weekly Law Notes Summary
27 June 2007
A private company which had taken over the assets and liabilities of the state-owned British Gas Corporation in 1986 was not liable under legislation enacted in 1995 for the cost of removing contamination from land at a former gasworks which had been sold for housing in 1965.