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On 5 October 2018, Mukhtiar Singh will be joining other employment law experts and teaming up with MBL at this now well-established event.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Stephen Hockman QC, Mark Davies, and Angelica Rokad consider the implications for climate change and energy law following the publication of the Brexit White Paper, the publication of a list of enforcement undertakings and a 'Definition of Waste Services' from the Environment Agency.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, William Upton, and Nicholas Ostrowski consider a graphic scenario of the impact of the sentencing guidelines, a case dealing with liabilities surrounding failure to control Japanese knotweed, and nuisance from barbecues.

Charles Morgan is currently instructed in a commercial arbitration in which a trader whose business was affected by sewerage infrastructure works seeks statutory compensation...

A settlement in the nuisance claim brought by Highbury Fields residents in Highbury Magistrates’ Court over barbecuing in the Fields has been reached.

Oliver Saxby QC has been instructed to prosecute a mother charged over the death of her 12-month old baby, A.

Richard Barraclough QC and Gordon Menzies instructed by Harrow Council successfully prosecuted an individual who sold ‘DNP’ slimming pills over the internet for offences of manslaughter in what has been described as a ‘landmark case’.

Neal Soil Suppliers Limited & Others v Natural Resources Wales [2017] EWCA Crim 645 involved an appeal arising from a Crown Court ruling in the course of a preparatory hearing in relation to the meaning of the term “recovery”.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, David Hercock, Natasha Hausdorff and Mark Davies consider a Court of Appeal ruling on the meaning of the term “recovery”, a report from the Climate Change Committee advocating legally binding targets on greenhouse gas emissions, and a decision from the Information Commissioner on disclosure and damage to legitimate economic interests.

In a verdict given today, the defendant was unanimously acquitted following a 5 day trial at Woolwich Crown Court.

The latest update in our series of monthly environmental law updates (in association with LexisPSL) now comes as a free audio podcast.

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

In a revised version of the draft earlier mentioned in this blog, details of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest analysis of the impacts of different degrees of warming have just been leaked into the public domain.

Bernard Rebelo was today convicted of placing unsafe food (Dinitrophenol) on the market and unlawful act and gross negligence manslaughter of Eloise Parry.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Charles Morgan consider the issues raised at this weekend's UKELA Conference, a Government review into organised waste crime, and misrepresentations in enquiries before contract and non-reliance clauses.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, William Upton, Mark Davies and Antony Bartholomeusz consider new UK air quality regulations, the appointment of a Government 'Tree Champion', and environmental amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill.

David Travers QC will speak at MSU’s Global Food Law Current Issues Conference next week at Michigan State University’s prestigious College of Food Law.

Sentence was passed yesterday following the five and a half month long sexual abuse trial which concluded in late March.

In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Charles Morgan, Laura Phillips and Mark Davies consider new priorities identified by the Environment Agency, a promise by Thames Water to pay £120m to customers for inadequate management of leakages, and recommendations from the Environmental Audit Committee for Mandatory Climate Risk Reporting by 2022.

The Crown last week accepted a young defendant’s plea of guilty to manslaughter, offering no evidence on the alternative count of murder. Oliver Saxby QC was defending.