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Trustee personal liability for contaminated land remediation: the UK position

Lloyd Brown

Trusts and Trustees, Volume: 30, Issue: 7

Swansea University Author: Lloyd Brown

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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/tandt/ttae043

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This article concerns the degree to which a trustee based in England and Wales could be found personally liable for the remediation costs attributable to contaminated land. Exploring the nature of this liability is what this article seeks to achieve. It is shown that while this is an unlikely enviro...

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Published in: Trusts and Trustees
ISSN: 1363-1780 1752-2110
Published: Online and in print. Oxford University Press (OUP) 2024
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66399
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Abstract: This article concerns the degree to which a trustee based in England and Wales could be found personally liable for the remediation costs attributable to contaminated land. Exploring the nature of this liability is what this article seeks to achieve. It is shown that while this is an unlikely environmental risk in practice, it can nevertheless have significant implications for trustees should it arise.
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Funders: Swansea University
Issue: 7