COLOUR QUEST LTD AND OTHERS v TOTAL DOWNSTREAM UK PLC AND OTHERS
[2009] Lloyd's Rep Plus 44
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr Justice David Steel
Tortious liability – Explosion
at oil refinery – Vicarious liability – Employee whose actions causative of explosion
at storage site employed by one company but seconded to other company managing the
site – Liability for actions of employee – Application of rule in Rylands v Fletcher – Effect of consent – Private
nuisance – Public nuisance – Economic loss – Whether proprietary or possessory interest in property required to claim damages –
Damages claim from claimant with mere contractual rights.