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The disconnect between overarching carbon reduction requirements in the CCA 2008, and national planning policy (and, ultimately, national and local planning decisions) continues to inspire litigation. No claim has yet succeeded.

How the Government’s Net Zero Review, its response to the CCC Progress Report, and its revised Net Zero Strategy required by the High Court, will interact remains to be seen.

We are looking forward to the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2022 this week and wish Mark Beard and Ian Thomas the best of luck...

Six Pump Court has been recommended in 8 areas of law in the Legal 500 2023 with 59 individual recommendations. Six Pump Court is...

On 11th August 2019 following the death of B by choking in a care home, one of the carers, S, who plated food for...

Richard Barraclough KC leading Joseph Millington instructed by Simon Mortimer of Birmingham City Council have succeeded in resisting an appeal by defendants in an...

Judgment has been handed down in a recent fact finding case in the family court. Richard Barraclough KC was representing the mother leading Rima...

We are very pleased to congratulate Oliver Saxby KC on his recent appointment as a Circuit Judge. Her Late Majesty The Queen appointed Oliver...

Chambers is pleased to welcome Jessica Foxwell who joins us following the successful completion of her pupillage. During her pupillage year, Jessica gained experience...

Steven Walker KC has been admitted to the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) Panel of Arbitrators. The Thailand Arbitration Center is located in the heart...

Chambers very sadly notes the passing of Her Majesty The Queen. Our sympathies are with members of the Royal Family at this time. In...

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Brendon Moorhouse and Natasha Hausdorff consider DEFRA's plan for storm overflows, water discharge permits in the Hinkley C Appeal, and how companies can improve their ESG data for effective decision-making.

Steven Walker QC and Prof Steve Ngo have written a paper on the impact and effects of international economic sanctions on arbitration. In today’s...

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Gordon Wignall and Christopher Badger consider toxic algae in Lake Windermere, challenging an environmental regulatory notice by way of a judicial review rather than statutory appeal and, two recent Environment Agency enforcement cases.

We are very pleased to congratulate Simon Taylor QC on his recent appointment as a Circuit Judge.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger considers a review by DEFRA of the OEP, the publication of a Strategic Framework for a net zero energy system and an Interpol report on organised crime and links to pollution crime.

Simon Taylor QC and Daniel Stevenson were instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the prosecution of two defendants

There are only three British Silks on the roster.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Gordon Wignall and Nicholas Ostrowski consider the measures being undertaken by the government and water companies to mitigate the effects of drought in the UK, a report into global trends in climate change litigation, and a successful challenge to the government’s net zero strategy.

Six Pump Court are pleased to offer planning inquiry training to prospective parties involved in a planning appeal.