Lexis Nexis Environmental Harm - Civil Actions and Compensation
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Product description
Canvasses the civil liabilities that can arise as a consequence of environmental contaminations. The authors cover various causes of action created by both the common law and by statute. They address how and when a particular cause of action/civil liability may arise, its essential elements, possible defences, parties to such actions and available and sources of compensation.
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Table of contents
Table of Cases
PART ONE: CIVIL ACTIONS: THE COMMON LAW
Chapter 1: Private Nuisance
Chapter 2: Strict Liability: The Rule in Rylands v. Fletcher
Chapter 3: Public Nuisance
Chapter 4: Trespass
Chapter 5: Negligence
Chapter 6: Riparian Rights
Chapter 7: Waste
Chapter 8: Restitution, Conspiracy and Deceit
PART TWO: CIVIL ACTIONS: STATUTORY REMEDIES
Chapter 9: Part X of Ontario's Environmental Protection Act
Chapter 10: Canadian Environmental Protection Act
Chapter 11: Fisheries Act
Chapter 12: Canada Shipping Act
Chapter 13: Nuclear Liability Act
Chapter 14: Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992
Chapter 15: The Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
Chapter 16: Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act
Chapter 17: Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993
PART THREE: CIVIL ACTIONS: GENERAL ISSUES
Chapter 18: Defenses
Chapter 19: Remedies
Chapter 20: Limitation Periods
Chapter 21: Lenders, Receivers and Trustees in Bankruptcy
Chapter 22: Directors and Officers of Corporate Polluters
Chapter 23: Class Actions
PART FOUR: GOVERNMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAMS
Chapter 24: Environmental Compensation Corporation
Chapter 25: Compensation Schemes for Oil Spills from Ships
Chapter 26: Workers' Compensation Board
Chapter 27: Pesticide Residue Compensation Act
Chapter 28: The Waste Well Disposal Security Fund
Chapter 29: Nuclear Damage Claims Commission
Chapter 30: Fisheries Loans Act
PART FIVE: OTHER SOURCES OF COMPENSATION
Chapter 31: Approvals for Waste Disposal Sites
Chapter 32: Restitution, Compensation and Creative Sentencing
Chapter 33: The Grassy Narrows and Islington Bands Mercury Disability Board
Chapter 34: Board of Negotiation
PART SIX: CASE STUDIES
Chapter 35: Sale of Contaminated Law
Chapter 36: Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Index
