Group Litigation Orders
Group Litigation Order
Ref No: 5
Name of Group Litigation Order: Gower Chemicals
Date of Order: 18/11/00
Judge: HH Judge Graham Jones
Court: Cardiff County Court
Managing Court: Cardiff County Court
Lead Solicitors: Not known
Defining Issues: The accumulation of toxic fumes in the sewage pumping station at the junction of Elba Crescent and Baldwin Crescent, Crymlyn Burrows, Port Talbot on 10.10.96 and as to (a) the nature and source of the substance which accumulated in the sewage pumping station and in particular whether it was trichlorofluoromethane, (b) the nature and extent of duty of care owed to the various claimants by each of the respective defendants, (c) whether the substance accumulated as the result of a failure to take reasonable in the circumstances and/or other breach of duty by Gower Chemicals and/or Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council, (d) whether the accumulation and toxicity were foreseeable by them".