Liability Risk and Insurance
Entitlement to indemnity for cost of compliance with NRA
A postscript to the significant case of 1993,
Cambridge Water Company v Eastern Counties Leather
. A year later Eastern Counties Leather Group [the Group] sold land to Eastern Counties Leather Plc [Plc], both parties being
aware of the old contamination of groundwater. The Plc, feared that the National Rivers Authority (NRA) may bring claims for
remediation negotiated indemnity against future claims with the Group.