THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE – WATER COMPANIES FAILING OBLIGATIONS – in HIGH COURT IN JULY 2023

The Good Law Project Taking The Government to High Court to Force Water Companies to Provide Clean Water on behalf of The Marine Conservation Society

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In 2021 alone, there were a whopping 372,533 sewage spills, over a period of 2.7 million hours according to the Environment Agency

The Good Law Project

The public trust doctrine offers an ancient anchor to support sovereign obligations to ensure access to and protection of public resources.

The Public Trust Doctrine (PTD) has been recognised by the English Courts since at least 1299.

https://youtu.be/c4h2lFXTno8
The public trust doctrine is an ancient doctrine of public property law that governs sovereign stewardship of natural resources. The doctrine both promote public access to trust resources and requires sovereign protection of them for the benefit of the public, including future generations. The doctrine, which first surfaced in Roman law and later codified in the Justinian Code, was revived in 17th century England through the writings of Sir Mathew Hale and became entrenched in American law in the nineteenth century. The doctrine’s remarkable endurance over the centuries now brings its antimonopolistic overtones and human rights underpinnings not only to American law but worldwide,

Pathbreaking recent cases are from a wide variety of jurisdictions, including the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Netherlands Supreme Court, the Columbia Constitutional Court, and in courts in India and Pakistan

https://goodlawproject.org/update/the-public-trust-doctrine-an-ancient-legal-principle-which-could-protect-our-environment-now-and-for-future-generations/
We will be challenging the Government over its inadequate plan to tackle the huge amounts of raw sewage being poured into England’s rivers and seas at a hearing from 4 to 6 July 2023.
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