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19 Feb 2019 14:40
Waste consultations – implications for food & drink and other manufacturing businessesThe future of businesses in food and drink manufacturing and its supply chain will be affected by consultations launched by Government on 18 February. The consultations, which are aimed primarily at packaging waste, close on 13 May 2019. The consultation on reforming the UK packaging producer more...
12 Feb 2019 10:25
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Christopher Badger and Mark Davies consider the sentencing in a case involving a conspiracy to defraud the WEEE régime, carbon credits and emission monitoring plans under consideration at a key international aviation industry meeting more...
11 Feb 2019 13:09
Housing Association can discriminate on religious grounds. Plus fracking and indefinite detention: The Round UpIn the News: The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has concluded that indefinite detention in immigrations centres must cease. The Committee published a critical report into the issue, which found indefinite detention has a highly detrimental impact upon detainees’ mental health. The Committee more...
4 Feb 2019 15:47
Environmental Law NewsIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, William Upton and Christopher Badger consider a lack of remedies for breaching air quality standards, environmentally conscious ship recycling and publication of the UK’s maritime strategy. Read the full update on the Six Pump Court website now. more...
1 Feb 2019 12:10
The ‘Net Gain’ ConsultationThe ‘net gain approach’ is an important theme in the 25 Year Environment Plan which states that the approach will become embedded in the planning system in England. The theme is echoed in the Agriculture Bill that is currently before Parliament which contains provisions enabling the Secretary of more...
1 Feb 2019 11:02
Protecting and Enhancing England’s Trees and WoodlandsThe felling of street trees by local authorities has proved controversial in recent times. In December the Government published proposals to impose a duty on local authorities to consult before felling individual street trees, subject to certain exceptions (e.g. in the case of dangerous, diseased or more...
31 Jan 2019 15:23
Environmental Principles and Governance after the United Kingdom leaves the European UnionWhilst land-use planning in England is the responsibility of the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) much environmental regulation is the responsibility of the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). In 2018, DEFRA published ‘A Green Future: Our 25 Year more...
29 Jan 2019 09:06
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger, Nicholas Ostrowski and Mark Davies consider a call from the European Commission for the UK to fully comply with an urban waste water ruling, government proposals on reforming water regulation and abstraction licensing and a call from more...
22 Jan 2019 09:12
Environmental Law NewsIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, William Upton and Mark Davies consider a case where a property owner was required to remedy a connection to the sewerage system outside of the property, how much has to be reconsidered when an Environmental Permit is varied and a new EU more...
16 Jan 2019 09:38
Environmental Law Podcast – January 2019The latest monthly environmental law news podcast presented by Mark Davies in association with LexisPSL, is now available. In this short update Mark reminds us of our predictions for top environmental law news in 2018 and evaluates their progress, whilst also looking at key environmental law stories more...
14 Jan 2019 15:15
Environmental Law NewsIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Charles Morgan consider the government’s 2019 Clean Air Strategy, financial penalties for a water company supplying polluted drinking water and an updated framework for the disposal of radioactive waste. Read the full update on the more...
7 Jan 2019 14:48
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan and Mark Daviesconsider environmental law predictions for 2019, an unwelcome Christmas present for Thames Water and the latest Water Conservation Report from the Secretary of State. To read the full update, please visit the Six Pump Court more...
4 Jan 2019 10:25
What the Resource and Waste Strategy means for food and drink businessesThe Government published the Resource and Waste Strategy for England on 18 December 2018. Key policies affecting food and drink businesses include the following. A £15 million pilot fund to help reduce food waste WRAP has identified 205,000 tonnes of food that could potentially be redistributed and more...
21 Dec 2018 11:35
Environmental Law NewsIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Charles Morgan consider the new Environment Bill, DEFRA’s new Waste and Resources Strategy and a water pollution playlist. You can read the full update on the Six Pump Court website now. more...
18 Dec 2018 12:04
New Resource and Waste Strategy PublishedThe first change to England’s waste strategy since 2010, it represents an ambitious programme of reform which will shape the landscape for sustainability to 2030 and with some proposals looking as far ahead as 2050. Affecting the food, manufacturing and packaging sectors as well as the waste sector, more...
17 Dec 2018 16:03
Environmental Law NewsIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger considers new HSE guidance on chemicals regulation in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, a reconsideration of the definition of “trade effluent” in a recent appeal case, and International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations more...
10 Dec 2018 16:44
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Gordon Wignall and Mark Davies consider the EU Exit Legal Position on the Withdrawal Agreement and the Attorney General’s Legal Advice, the Draft National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure and an important case about the more...
5 Dec 2018 16:47
Environmental Law Podcast – November 2018The latest monthly environmental law news podcast presented by Christopher Badgerand Mark Davies in association with LexisPSL, is now available. This short update focuses on November’s key legal developments, which this month include the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration, the recent more...
3 Dec 2018 16:48
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, William Upton, Christopher Badger and Mark Davies consider another reminder of the responsibilities of landowners, the government’s response to a recent consultation on the waste sector, and new regulations banning combustible materials on new high-rise more...
26 Nov 2018 13:01
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Gordon Wignall, Natasha Hausdorff and William McBarnett consider the environmental implications of the UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement, the impact of climate change on flood claims, and a new consultation on the offshore civil sanctions regime. Read the full more...
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