Environmental Law News Blog

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....

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...

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

BNG and planning – do they really know what they are doing? The willing introduction of bureaucratic complexity is unusual in the current age. ...

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Róisín Finnegan discusses using private law to tackle climate change in light of the recent Supreme Court...

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Chris Badger and Peter Cruickshank discuss the proposed loss and damage fund which is on the table at COP 28, recent High Court cases concerning sewerage discharges into rivers, and interesting environmental features of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023.

In the latest Environmental Law News Update, Peter Cruickshank and Jemima Lovatt discuss nutrient neutrality causing a so called 'Ban On Building' and also the courts view Scope 3 emissions.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Peter Cruickshank consider a High Court refusal of permission for a claim against Shell PLC's Directors, the development consent order for the Stonehenge bypass and the introduction of Highly Protected Marine Areas.

Jemima Lovatt considers the latest rejection of a non-regression clause by the Commons, an investigation launched by the OEP into ammonia advice in Northern Ireland and a new biodiversity duty for public authorities in England.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Doug Scott and Amy Taylor consider plans for Ofwat to take action on water companies paying dividends whilst failing to meet performance standards and the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill on environmental legislation.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, William Upton KC, Christopher Badger and Amy Taylor consider coal mines and climate change, reinvestment of water company fines into environmental improvements and the government’s new measures to tackle rising energy bills.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, William Upton KC, Christopher Badger and Doug Scott consider the Autumn Statement, the Environment Agency and Ofwat’s investigations into water companies and new DEFRA guidance on conservation covenants.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Doug Scott consider a Court of Appeal case clarifying the sentencing of Directors convicted of environmental offences, action from the advertising authorities on misleading green adverts and some optimism from the Head of the Environment Agency.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Gordon Wignall, Doug Scott and Amy Taylor consider moves by UK regulators on greenwashing claims, definitions of Gypsies and Travellers in planning policy and missed deadlines for providing legally binding environmental targets in the UK.