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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...
29 Jan 2019 13:30
Energy Update – January 2019Welcome to the latest edition of our Energy Update, the newsletter from the Energy, Infrastructure & Government Team at Walker Morris. Consultation on the treatment of electricity storage within the planning system BEIS has opened a consultation on proposals for amending the treatment of electricity more...
14 Jan 2019 15:51
Environmental Law News UpdateIn 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. Stop Press – Clean Air more...
25 Sep 2018 14:33
CASE ANALYSIS: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Merit Merrell Technology LtdJustin Mort QC analyses the key points arising from the judgment on quantum issues in ICI v MMT, and considers the role of expert evidence at trial. Mr Justice Fraser has now handed down judgment on quantum issues arising in Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Merit Merrell Technology Ltd 1 [2018] more...
WHAT IS A MINERAL?
1. The origin of Mineral Rights 1.1 The starting point is that a freehold owner is entitled to all the mines and minerals under his land down to an unlimited depth except: · gold and silver; · petroleum; · coal. One consequence is that if a person sinks a shaft or a well or a pipe at any depth under more...
“Fitness for Purpose” obligations in construction contracts:
The Supreme Court decision in MT Højgaard v E.ON
In a rare decision concerning a construction contract, the Supreme Court held that a “fitness for purpose” obligation contained within a schedule to a construction contract was to be given its natural meaning and effect, and that the warranty of fitness was not inconsistent with the other terms of more...
24 Jan 2018 15:16
INEOS Upstream Ltd & Ors v Persons Unknown [2017] EWHC 2945 (Ch)INEOS Upstream Ltd & Ors v Persons Unknown [2017] EWHC 2945 (Ch) Acting for the UK’s largest holder of licences for onshore shale gas exploration, and a number of private individuals, Janet Bignell QC and Gavin Bennison have successfully obtained the long-term continuation of interim injunctions more...
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