INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS LIABILITY
March 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLA LEGALLY binding civil claims code has been drawn up by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) that insists on compensation being paid out for industrial accidents damaging rivers, lakes and seas that span national boundaries. The legal instrument - which should be formally approved in May - gives victims of such accidents, (such as fishermen or water companies), the right to make compensation claims, even then the polluter is in another country. It also makes operators of polluting installations liable to pay these claims, ...
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