Issues of Forensic Environmental Assessment of Water Bodies Damage Compensation from an Oil Spill
https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2022-4-80-87
Abstract
The article reviews the judicial practice on the cases of compensation of damage to water bodies resulting from oil spills, during which, as a rule, a forensic environmental examination is appointed. The author analyzes the provisions of the methodology for calculating damage to water bodies regarding violations of water legislation, which are the subject of a dispute between the plaintiff and the defendant requiring expert opinion. She also gives the most common wordings of questions for forensic environmental examinations in such cases.
About the Author
K. V. KrutikovaRussian Federation
Krutikova Ksenia Valeryevna – Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor of the Department of Water Management and Water Technology of the Institute of Construction and Architecture of the Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin; expert of the ANO “Forensic Expert Agency”
620002, Yekaterinburg
107031 Moscow
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For citations:
Krutikova K.V. Issues of Forensic Environmental Assessment of Water Bodies Damage Compensation from an Oil Spill. Theory and Practice of Forensic Science. 2022;17(4):80-87. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2022-4-80-87