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7 Apr 2020 14:11
High Court rules Volkswagen did install unlawful defeat devicesVolkswagen breached European emissions rules by installing unlawful “defeat devices” in diesel cars, the High Court ruled yesterday. In an important ruling for UK motorists in their class action against Volkswagen, Mr Justice Waksman also found that the High Court is bound by the German transport more...
24 Mar 2020 15:22
Agriculture Bill: “The chickens will win every time”Good news from the crisis front, although I’m afraid not the one we’re all thinking of: the government’s Agriculture Bill, which sets out its major post-Brexit agricultural policy, has recently passed committee stage and will soon (coronavirus permitting) be presented to the House of Lords. It shows more...
13 Nov 2019 16:06
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Mark Davies and William McBarnet consider the end of government support for fracking, a criminal behaviour order imposed for noise nuisance and new Forestry Commission guidance for ‘Managing England’s woodlands in a climate emergency’. Government ends more...
7 Nov 2019 10:53
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, William Upton QC and Mark Davies consider developments regarding the Environment Bill, leadership in the climate crisis and a case against Exxon Mobil in the US for improper forecasting of the cost of climate regulation to its business. The Environment more...
30 Oct 2019 11:08
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update Christopher Badger considers new pollution statistics from the Environment Agency, a new cabinet committee on climate change chaired by the Prime Minister and FCA feedback on climate change and green finance. Environment Agency publishes pollution more...
24 Oct 2019 10:05
Gladman Developments Limited – forget cash, evidence is king!The Court of Appeal upheld that a planning inspector’s refusal to grant planning permission for a residential development primarily due to a lack of evidence to prove the effectiveness of the proposed air quality measures in Gladman Developments Ltd. v (1) Secretary of State for Communities and more...
24 Oct 2019 09:32
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update Gordon Wignall, Christopher Badger and Natasha Hausdorff consider the recently published Environment Bill, the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill and whether public nuisance might provide a means of taking action in cases of climate change. The more...
4 Jun 2019 15:00
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Gordon Wignall and Natasha Hausdorff consider the anxiety over water resources in the UK, a DEFRA report into the progress of the reform of water abstraction in England and a challenge from ClientEarth over Highways England’s lack of more...
13 May 2019 09:58
Becoming carbon neutral: how can businesses help the UK become more eco-friendly?Ambitious targets for the UK to become carbon neutral by 2050 have been announced by the Committee on Climate Change, which is calling on the government to step up and lay down the law for the nation to proactively take steps to lower its carbon footprint. Businesses are often blamed for having a more...
4 Apr 2019 08:56
Winning wasted costs against a private prosecutorDavid Pojur secured acquittal and won substantial wasted costs against a Local Authority in an Environmental Prosecution. The Clean Air Act case saw a Company prosecuted for smoke emissions in Central London despite pending applications to be carved out of the Smoke Control Zone. The private more...
6 Mar 2019 09:53
Environmental Law News UpdateIn this latest Environmental Law News Update, Gordon Wignall, William Upton and Natasha Hausdorff consider recent authorities on abuse of process, closer scrutiny of air quality sampling and an EC consultation on new guidelines for company reporting on climate-related information. The revival of more...
8 Nov 2018 17:00
Use of plastic in the food and drink industryWith the coming to prominence of environmental concerns around plastic – particularly single-use and difficult-to-recycle plastic – the food and drink sector is already being challenged to review its use of plastic. Further challenge is brought by a wave of regulation. Shortly after the European more...
8 Nov 2018 16:57
Plastics: The Scope of the Single-Use Plastic Directive and the Plastics TaxThe Chancellor of the Exchequer’s autumn budget has outlined the UK’s intentions to address waste by encouraging the recycling of plastic, shortly after the European Commission proposed the introduction of a Single Use Plastic Directive. Plastics Tax and Producer Responsibility The Chancellor’s more...
22 Oct 2018 12:15
The Round-Up: Damages for Unlawful Detention of Trafficking Victim, Excessive Sentence Quashed for Fracking Protesters, and Discriminatory Housing Policy?ZV, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 2725 (Admin): The High Court has ruled that a Lithuanian victim of trafficking, who was detained at Yarl’s Wood for five months pending deportation, is entitled to damages for 45 days’ unlawful detention. The more...
15 Oct 2018 08:17
Climate change human rights claim wins in the Dutch courtsState of Netherlands v. Urgenda Foundation, The Hague Court of Appeal, 9 October 2018, read judgment here. The Hague Court of Appeal has just upheld a decision by the District Court that the Dutch State had failed to do enough to combat climate change. In response to a claim by an NGO, Urgenda and more...
9 Oct 2018 13:37
Prosecution against international bakery dismissedDavid Pojur succeeded in having the prosecution against an international bakery dismissed. City of London Magistrates Court received Mr Pojur’s Abuse of Process argument, following which the Council offered no evidence. The Company Director had flown over from Paris for a trial of an offence under more...
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