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The trial of Louise Porton, charged with murdering her two children, began yesterday at Birmingham Crown Court.

Stephen Hockman QC, David Travers QC, William Upton QC and Mark Harris feature in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger considers the decision by Ofwat to impose a financial penalty on Southern Water for failings in the performance of its wastewater operations, the imposition of over £3.7 million of civil sanctions on charitable organisations for environmental offences and further developments in the Manchester Ship Canal case.

The High Court judgment in the Heathrow third runway case is arguably the most extensive judicial reasoning on current UK climate change law to date.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, William Upton QC, Christopher Badger and Mark Daviesconsider the UK's commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050, the end of the road for the M4 relief road project and substantial financial penalties for an oil refinery operator and contractor following an explosion in 2011.

As part of the UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Bonn this month, Stephen Hockman QC will be chairing a session entitled ‘How can Courts and Tribunals help to minimise climate change’.

Richard Barraclough QC is currently engaged in this gang murder trial at Leeds Crown Court.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan and Christopher Badger consider prison sentences for serial flytippers, objections to the new Rivers Authorities Bill and further detail surrounding the new Environment Bill and the Joint Unit for Waste Crime.

The latest monthly environmental law news podcast presented by Charles Morgan and Christopher Badger in association with LexisPSL, is now available.

The outcome from an intense set of intergovernmental negotiations in Nairobi was dimly predictable and all-too-familiar.

In an article for Lexis PSL, Christopher Badger discusses the Environmental Audit Committee’s report following its pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Environment (Governance and Principles) Bill.

In 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 progress over plans to cut pollution on its road network.

Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock, instructed by Hannah Leese of Roythornes Solicitors, act on behalf of Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Limited.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Wiliam Upton QC and Gordon Wignall consider the potential prosecution of 1,130 environmental protestors, the application of EU waste legislation to fires on board ships and a fine of £1.16m imposed on an oil company following an offshore gas leak.

Six Pump Court is pleased to have been selected to deliver a seminar for Senior Chinese lawyers as part of the inaugural Bar Council Senior Lawyers Training Scheme.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Natasha Hausdorff and Mark Davies consider legal action against Shell by Friends of the Earth, specialist environmental tribunals and the Government's assessment of progress against the 25 Year Environment Plan.

Richard Barraclough QC writes on the dangers of a relatively minor assault to the head of an intoxicated victim and the possibility that just a small impact may cause death.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Christopher Badger and Frances Lawson consider the Environment Agency's flooding strategy consultation, thoughts on Ofwat's future direction and a new Government consultation on the future of carbon pricing post-Brexit.

Six Pump Count is pleased to announce that Anthony Connerty has joined Chambers. Anthony specialises in the field of commercial dispute resolution.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, William Upton QC, Charles Morgan and Mark Davies consider the recent confusion over licensing exemptions for wild birds, Labour's proposals for the water industry and the decline in nature and acceleration of species extinction highlighted in a report from the IPBES.