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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...

Six Pump Court excited to announce that Suzanne Fewins has been appointed as RASSO Counsel for the Crown Prosecution Service. This well-deserved achievement reflects...

Six Pump Court chambers is pleased to announce that Nicholas Ostrowski has been appointed to the A panel of the Attorney General's panels of...

A group of one Kings Counsel, three retired judges (two criminal court judges and one family court judge), two international commercial lawyers one a...

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

James Harrison successfully prosecuted two defendants who stabbed a member of the public in an alleyway next to Whitstable train station just before midnight...

Anne Williams and Peter Cruickshank are starting a two-week planning inquiry instructed by Bromley London Borough Council next week on 16 July 2024. Bromley...

Congratulations to our members for their nominations, which include: • Six Pump Court in Corporate Crime Set of the year. • Six Pump Court...

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...

Today the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the long running case of Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited v United Utilities Water Ltd (No....

Grace Cullen has been included on the inaugural Pro Bono Recognition List of England & Wales. The List recognises barristers and solicitors who gave...

Nina Ellin KC and Daniel Stevenson prosecuted, and Danny Moore (with John Cooper KC) defended Stephanie Langley, who was prosecuted for the murder of...

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...

The High Court has considered the relationship between the protection afforded by a tree preservation order and the grant of planning permission, in R...

The case concerns a violent turf war, tit for tat murders and famous rappers Fredo and Digga D. Two conspiracies are alleged. The first...

Tom Dunn, instructed by Jessica Gosling of GT Stewart, has secured the acquittal of his client in a trial before Canterbury Crown lasting 3...

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 the first decision (Alistair Trotman v The Environment Agency [2024] EWHC 825) the High Court upheld the decision of the Environment Agency (as...