[2023] UKUT 00282 (LC)

Royal Courts of Justice

TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007

A NOTICE OF REFERENCE UNDER THE WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991

COMPENSATION – WATER – compensation under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 21 to the Water Resources Act 1991 -flood prevention works – whether damage caused to a house – whether water table raised – hydrology evidence

BETWEEN:

ROGER AND SUZANNE BROOKHOUSE

Claimants

-and-

THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

Respondent

Re: The King’s Lodging,

Sandwich,

Kent, CT13 9EX

Judge Elizabeth Cooke and Mrs Diane Martin MRICS FAAV

Royal Courts of Justice

2-5 May 2023 and 18 – 20 October 2023

Decision Date: 30 November 2023

Meyrick Lewis KC and Riaz Hussain KC for the claimants, instructed by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Galina Ward KC for the respondent, instructed by Sharpe Pritchard LLP

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