Environmental Blog

This week’s blog is devoted to Cooper v. Ludgate House Ltd. [2025] EWHC 1724 (Ch.) (Fancourt J., 8 July 2025).  The detailed judgment tells...

This week, the 6PC Water Industry Group release their Summary and Analysis of the Cunliffe Report. Gordon Wignall discusses remedies in private nuisance prompted...

 In this week’s blog, Nicholas Ostrowski covers what is likely to be the most significant re-imagining of the regulation and set up of the...

A raft of developments across the UK’s environmental and planning landscape this month signals a strong policy push toward cleaner energy, tighter water regulation,...

This week we cover: Thames Water - OfWat imposes its largest ever penalty; OfWat’s attack on Thames Water’s dividends. Climate protest – the 4 appeal...

What’s in my management plan? One of the features of environmental legislation is the need for the government to write plans and strategies about...

Alame and others v Shell: Court of Appeal provide guiding principles on progressing a large environmental group litigation  Starting a claim before having the...

Since 2 December, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been hearing oral submissions in the long-awaited advisory opinion proceedings on the obligations of...

Policies for Planning - Stephen Hockman KC Everyone knows that the new Labour government has economic growth as its primary policy aim. The purpose...

The Finch effect: the UK Government will not contest Scottish oil and gas field challenges. Background You will have heard of the butterfly effect...

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Amy Taylor and Peter Cruickshank consider recent financial penalties announced by Ofwat, as well as Nutrient Neutrality....

On 18th July 2024, attentions were drawn to the sentences received by five Just Stop Oil activists, including its co-founder, Roger Hallam, for the...

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, William Upton KC and Noémi Byrd consider recent guidance on adapting historic buildings as well as a...

Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Ltd (No.2) [2024] UKSC 22 This claim arose out of the highly topical problem of what...

Case law reviews In R (on application of River Action UK) v Environment Agency and others [2024] EWHC 1279 (Admin), the Court heard a case...

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, James Harrison and Samuel Glanville consider restrictions on the powers of Local Authorities and Natural England. Court...

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Jemima Lovatt considers recent developments in EU legislation. New EU Sustainability Bill The new EU Sustainability Bill,...

Human Rights and Climate Change under the ECHR. On 9th April, the European Court of Human Rights handed down three decisions in cases brought...

Human Rights and Climate Change under the ECHR. By William Upton KC and Jemima Lovatt On the 9th April 2024, the European Court of...

Plastic recycling: taking stock The presence of plastics is very obvious to us all when we go shopping, and we spend much time recycling...