John H Bates
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 2 : Environment
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Provided by John H Bates
Practice Areas
Over the last 25 years John has acquired considerable experience in criminal and civil cases involving environmental work.. Barr v. Biffa [2011] EWHC 1003 (TCC) was a Group Litigation case of odour nuisance from a landfill with 152 Claimants. John did the legal advocacy for the Claimant which involved a detailed examination of the regulatory scheme in both English and EC legislation. Dobson v. Thames Water [2011] EWHC 3253 (TCC) was a Group Litigation nuisance case concerning odour and mosquitoes with over 1300 Claimants. John dealt with the mosquito case, cross examining expert witnesses and doing the opening and closing speeches. He was involved in the detailed negligence claim in respect of the design and operation of the sewage treatment works and drafted the particulars of negligence. John acts in water and drainage cases such as abstraction, flood defence, fishing rights, navigation and sewerage. In Robert Lindley Ltd v East Riding of Yorkshire Council [2016] UKUT 0006 he obtained compensation for a farmer whose fields were flooded following flood relief work.
Professional Memberships
UK Environmental Law Association – chair 1990-91.
Publications
UK Marine Environmental Law; UK Waste Law; Water and Drainage Law; co-author of Liability for Environmental Harm; Fact Sheets on Environmental Access to Justice Rules in the EU Member States.
Personal
FRSA, TD.
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